Thomas Vickers | |
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Born | [1] [2] | July 9, 1833
Died | October 19, 1915 London, England | (aged 82)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands held | Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment |
Awards | Volunteer Officers' Decoration [3] |
Spouse(s) | Frances Mary Vickers (née Douglas) |
Other work | Chairman, Vickers Limited |
Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers VD (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited.
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. [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]
In 1860 he married Frances Mary Douglas; they had two sons ( Douglas Vickers and Ronald Vickers) and four daughters. [1]