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Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Thomas Edward Vickers (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was
Chairman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...
of
Vickers Limited Vickers Limited was a British engineering conglomerate. The business began in Sheffield in 1828 as a steel foundry and became known for its church bells, going on to make shafts and propellers for ships, armour plate and then artillery. Entir ...
.


Career

The second son of
Edward Vickers Edward Vickers (1804–1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited. He was the brother of Henry Vickers. Career Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money in the railway industry. In 1828 he garnered con ...
and Anne Naylor, Tom Vickers was born on 9 July 1833. He was educated at
Sheffield Collegiate School Sheffield Collegiate School began in 1836 in new buildings on the corner of Ecclesall Road and Collegiate Crescent (now Grade II listed and part of Sheffield Hallam University). The school enjoyed academic success but lacked sound finances an ...
and at
Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...
in
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.Biography of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers
Institute of Civil Engineers, 1 January 1916 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 The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...
. Tom Vickers lived at Bolsover Hill and became Commanding Officer of the Hallamshire Rifles in 1871 and
Master Cutler The Master Cutler is the head of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire established in 1624. Their role is to act as an ambassador of industry in Sheffield, England. The Master Cutler is elected by the freemen of the company on the first Monday o ...
in 1872. He continued to serve in the battalion as a volunteer and honorary colonel, being awarded the
Volunteer Officers' Decoration The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force (Great Britain), Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was di ...
when it was instated in 1892. He handed over the chairmanship of the company to Albert Vickers in 1909 and died in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
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 John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, 1884 File:The Misses Vickers.jpg, The Misses Vickers (Florence Evelyn, Mabel Frances, Clara Mildred),
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, 1884 File:Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers.jpg, Portrait of Frances Mary Vickers,
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, 1884 File:Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers.jpg, Portrait of Miss Dorothy Vickers,
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, c. 1884 File:Garden Study of the Vickers Children.jpg, Garden Study of the Vickers Children,
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, 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 John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, c. 1884 File:Douglas Vickers.jpg, Douglas Vickers,
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...
, 1914


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vickers, Thomas Master Cutlers British civil engineers 1833 births 1915 deaths York and Lancaster Regiment officers People educated at Sheffield Collegiate School 19th-century English businesspeople 19th-century British Army personnel Volunteer Force officers British Army colonels