Richard Elliott
Richard Elliott was born in Sheffield on 23 January 1805, the son of a barber in Scotland Street. His father died when he was about twelve and two years later Elliott became apprentice to Henry Lee, a table knife hafter, who worked for John Eyre & Co. Elliott became general manager and clerk in the warehouse of the firm (which became James Smith & Brother, Coalpit Lane). In 1837, when this business failed, Elliott used his own capital to buy it. His workshop was at the bottom of Coalpit Lane (....
