Ernest C. Cockbill
Ernest Cyril Cockbill (1894-1972) was born in Sheffield. He was the second son of Arthur Ernest Cockbill (an accountant, born in Oxford) and his wife Kate, who was a silver chaser and designer. Ernest was trained as a share broker’s clerk. By 1919, he was company secretary at Philip Ashberry & Sons. In the 1920s, he apparently helped run the business with three Ashberry spinsters. Their names appeared on patents relating to products, such as teapots. After the Second World War, C....
