Thomas Vickers
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| Allegiance | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg United Kingdom |
Branch | File:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Awards | Volunteer Officers' Decoration[1] |
| SpouseTemplate:Pluralize from text | Frances Mary Vickers (née Douglas) |
| Children | Douglas Vickers |
| Relations | Edward Vickers (father) |
| Other work | Chairman, Vickers Limited |
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Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers VD (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.[2] He worked in the family business of Naylor Vickers & Co.[2]
Tom Vickers, together with his brother Albert, took over the business in the 1850s.[3] 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.[3]
Tom Vickers lived at Bolsover Hill and became Commanding Officer of the Hallamshire Rifles in 1871 and Master Cutler in 1872.[3][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.[1] He handed over the chairmanship of the company to Albert Vickers in 1909 and died in London in 1915.[3]
Family
In 1860 he married Frances Mary Douglas; they had two sons (Douglas Vickers and Ronald Vickers) and four daughters.[2]
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
References
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