Edward Vickers

Edward Vickers (1804–1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited. He was the brother of Henry Vickers.^[1]

Career

Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money in the railway industry.^[2] In 1828 he garnered control of his father-in-law's steel foundry business, formerly Naylor & Sanderson, and renamed it Naylor Vickers & Co.^[3] He went on to be Alderman and the Mayor of Sheffield and was the first President of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.^[2]

Family

In 1828 Vickers married Anne Naylor. They had seven children (George Naylor (1830–1889) who married Maria Jackson, granddaughter of steelmaker James Jackson,^[4] Thomas Edward (1833–1915), Sarah Ann (1836–1919), Albert (1838–1919), Frederick (1840–?), Gertrude L. (1845–?) and Isabel (1847–?)).^[2]