Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers VD (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited.
Thomas Vickers | |
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![]() Colonel Tom Vickers | |
Born | [1][2] | July 9, 1833
Died | October 19, 1915 London, England | (aged 82)
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Rank | Colonel |
Commands | Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment |
Awards | Volunteer Officers' Decoration[3] |
Spouse(s) | Frances Mary Vickers (née Douglas) |
Other work | Chairman, Vickers Limited |
Career
editThe second son of Edward Vickers and Anne Naylor, Tom Vickers was born on 9 July 1833. He was educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and at Neuwied in Germany.[1] He worked in the family business of Naylor Vickers & Co.[1]
Tom Vickers, together with his brother Albert , took over the business in the 1850s.[2] Tom developed the firm into a leading steel casting business using the German Riepe process and in 1867 it was incorporated as Vickers, Sons & Co Limited with himself as Chairman.[2]
Tom Vickers lived at Bolsover Hill and became Commanding Officer of the Hallamshire Rifles in 1871 and Master Cutler in 1872.[2][4] He continued to serve in the battalion as a volunteer and honorary colonel, being awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration when it was instated in 1892.[3] He handed over the chairmanship of the company to Albert Vickers in 1909 and died in London in 1915.[2]
Family
editIn 1860 he married Frances Mary Douglas; they had two sons (Douglas Vickers and Ronald Vickers) and four daughters.[1]
Gallery
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Mrs. Albert Vickers (Edith Foster), John Singer Sargent, 1884
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The Misses Vickers (Florence Evelyn, Mabel Frances, Clara Mildred), John Singer Sargent, 1884
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Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers, John Singer Sargent, 1884
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Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers, John Singer Sargent, c. 1884
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Garden Study of the Vickers Children, John Singer Sargent, 1884
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The Dinner Table (Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vickers), 1884
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Edward Vickers, John Singer Sargent, c. 1884
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Douglas Vickers, John Singer Sargent, 1914
References
edit- ^ a b c d Biography of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers Institute of Civil Engineers, 1 January 1916
- ^ a b c d e Thomas and Albert Vickers Archived 2005-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "No. 26349". The London Gazette. 29 November 1892. p. 7000.
- ^ "No. 23748". The London Gazette. 20 June 1871. p. 2850.