Undated biographical sketch of Sir Frederick Mappin by his grandson Robert George Mappin Fenwick.
MAPPIN SIR FREDERICK THORPE 1821-1910 BT MP
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- GB 97 COLL MISC 0678
- Dates of Creation
- [late 19th - early 20th century]
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 folder
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Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Frederick Mappin (1821-1910)
Sir Frederick Mappin was the head of his father's cutlery business, 1841-1885. He was a senior partner in firm of Turton & Sons, steel manufacturers, 1859-1885, and mayor of Sheffield, 1877-1878. Mappin was a founder and benefactor of Sheffield Technical School, and largely endowed Sheffield University. He was its first senior pro-chancellor, 1905. Mappin was also director of Midland Railway, 1869-1900. He was Whig MP for East Retford, 1880-1885, and for Hallamshire, 1885-1906. He became a baronet in 1886. Mappin added 80 pictures to Mappin Art Gallery, which was founded by his uncle.
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