George H. Lawrence Ltd
George Herbert Lawrence was born in Fitzwilliam Street on 5 October 1888, the son of John Lawrence and Martha Jane neé Thompson. His father was a silver engraver; the family had distant Italian roots (and was originally named ‘Lorenzo’). After selling newspapers, George became an apprentice razor grinder and then learned about a new product – safety razors. In about 1913, he began making them himself and by the end of the First World War was a ‘manufacturer’. It wa....
