Thomas Vickers

Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers VD (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited.

Colonel Thomas Vickers VD
Colonel Tom Vickers
Born	(1833-07-09)July 9, 1833[1][2]
Died	October 19, 1915(1915-10-19) (aged 82) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Awards	Volunteer Officers' Decoration[3]
Spouse	Frances Mary Vickers (née Douglas)
Other work	Chairman, 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.^[1] He worked in the family business of Naylor Vickers & Co.^[1]

Tom Vickers, together with his brother Albert [la], 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

In 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