William Charlton
The founder, William Charlton (1882-1951) was the son of John Henry Charlton (1851-1893) and his wife Fanny Beatson. After his father’s premature death, William trained as a silversmith. In 1901, he was living with his widowed mother in Bath Street. He started his own silversmith business in about 1921 and his first working address was Club Gardens Walk. In the Register of England & Wales (1939), he was described as a ‘skilled general silversmith’, residing at Sharrow Vale Road.&....
