Thomas Vickers
British soldier and businessman (1833–1915)
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::summary British soldier and businessman (1833–1915) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Colonel |
| name | Thomas Vickers |
| honorific_suffix | |
| image | Colonel-thomas-edward-vickers-1896.jp.jpg |
| caption | Colonel Tom Vickers |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| death_place | London, England |
| allegiance | United Kingdom |
| branch | |
| rank | Colonel |
| commands | Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment |
| laterwork | Chairman, Vickers Limited |
| awards | Volunteer Officers' Decoration |
| spouse | Frances Mary Vickers (née Douglas) |
| :: |
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Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited.
Career
The 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. He worked in the family business of Naylor Vickers & Co.
Tom Vickers, together with his brother , took over the business in the 1850s. 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.
Tom Vickers lived at Bolsover Hill and became Commanding Officer of the Hallamshire Rifles in 1871 and Master Cutler in 1872. 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. He handed over the chairmanship of the company to Albert Vickers in 1909 and died in London in 1915.
Family
In 1860 he married Frances Mary Douglas; they had two sons (Douglas Vickers and Ronald Vickers) and four daughters.
Gallery
File:Mrs. Albert Vickers.jpg|Mrs. Albert Vickers (Edith Foster), John Singer Sargent, 1884 File:The Misses Vickers.jpg|The Misses Vickers (Florence Evelyn, Mabel Frances, Clara Mildred), John Singer Sargent, 1884 File:Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers.jpg|Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers, John Singer Sargent, 1884 File:Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers.jpg|Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers, John Singer Sargent, c. 1884 File:Garden Study of the Vickers Children.jpg|Garden Study of the Vickers Children, John Singer Sargent, 1884 File:John Singer Sargent - Le verre de porto (A Dinner Table at Night) - Google Art Project.jpg|The Dinner Table (Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vickers), 1884 File:Edward Vickers.jpg|Edward Vickers, John Singer Sargent, c. 1884 File:Douglas Vickers.jpg|Douglas Vickers, John Singer Sargent, 1914
References
References
- [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1916.16023 Biography of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers] Institute of Civil Engineers, 1 January 1916
- [http://www.tilthammer.com/bio/vick.html Thomas and Albert Vickers] {{Webarchive. link. (2005-08-29)
- (20 June 1871)
- {{London Gazette. (29 November 1892)
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