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John Sutton Nettlefold

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Early life and family
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John Sutton Nettlefold (23 September 1792 – 12 April 1866) was a British industrialist and entrepreneur.^[1]^[1]

Early life and family

Nettlefold was born in London. Nettlefold was a Unitarian; he married a co-religionist, Martha Chamberlain (1794–1866). Hers was a family of Birmingham manufacturers and politicians: her brother's son, Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), was a radical Liberal and a leading imperialist.

They had three sons: Edward John Nettlefold (1820–1878), Joseph Henry Nettlefold (1827 –1881) and Frederick Nettlefold (1833–1913). One of Edward John's sons was named after him, John Sutton Nettlefold, who was a social reformer.

Career

In 1823, he opened a hardware store at 54 High Holborn. This was followed in 1826 by a workshop to make woodscrews based in Sunbury-on-Thames. The Sunbury factory was powered by a waterwheel and Nettlefold saw the importance of motive power when he took advantage of steam power in a new factory in Baskerville Place, off Broad Street, Birmingham. He renamed the business Nettlefold and Sons, Ltd., and it expanded rapidly in London and Birmingham.^[2]^[3]

In 1854, Nettlefold acquired the opportunity to purchase a licence to manufacture to a U.S. patent for a novel woodscrew. The licence, and the establishment of a new factory, demanded an investment of £ 30,000. Nettlefold sought and obtained the involvement of his brother-in-law as equal partner for an investment of £10,000 and the two established a factory in Smethwick, leaving its management to their sons, Edward John and Joseph Henry Nettlefold, and Joseph Chamberlain.^[2]

In later years, the management of the partnership, Nettlefold and Chamberlain, was passed to Joseph and Frederick Nettlefold, and later was absorbed into Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds,^[2] now GKN plc, a multinational engineering company headquartered in Redditch.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=John Sutton Nettlefold|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Sutton_Nettlefold|publisher=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|accessdate=9 July 2017|language=en}}
2. ^¹²³Smith (2004)
3. ^{{cite news |title=Mr. Frederick Nettlefold |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page= 9|date=6 March 1913 }}

Bibliography

{{cite book | author=Jones, E | title=A History of GKN Volume 1: Innovation and Enterprise 1759-1918 | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | year=1987 | isbn=0-333-34594-0 }}
Smith, B.D.M (2004) "Nettlefold, Joseph Henry (1827-1881)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 July 2005 {{ODNBsub}}

4 : 1792 births|1866 deaths|English businesspeople|History of Birmingham, West Midlands

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