Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson (c.1830-1881), who was born in Ecclesall, was a self-tip handle maker, scale cutter, and horn merchant. He was apparently first in business with John Finney as Thompson & Finney, self-tip handle manufacturer, Jessop Street. The partnership had been dissolved by 1868, when Thompson was listed at Trafalgar Works. At the start of the 1870s, he occupied Cambridge Street Horn Works, where he employed seven men. Rawson & Turner had been previous tenants. Thompson shared th....
