Samuel Hague
Samuel Hague apparently began his career as a pen and pocket knife maker in about 1833, when he worked in Siddall Street, off Broad Lane. He partnered John Dodworth, but this was dissolved in 1836. He continued at Eldon Street and adjacent Devonshire Lane. Despite only employing six men, Hague won a Prize Medal at the Great Exhibition in 1851 for his ‘Fancy penknives, varying in the number of blades, with corkscrews, silver pencils, etc.; and handles of tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivor....
