W. R. Humphreys & Company Ltd
William Robert Humphreys was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in about 1847. He was apprenticed as an ironmonger before becoming a cutlery traveller. He apparently started business in Sheffield in 1872. Until 1876, he partnered John Jackson Badger (of cutlery maker, William Badger & Co). Badger later sued Humphreys for bad debts. By 1879, Humphreys had launched a cutlery business at Eyre Street Works, 76 Eyre Street. This was a tenement factory, which Humphreys shared with other manufacturers. He employin....
