Reuss & Company
Ernest George Reuss (1844-1898) was born at Monswiller (Alsace) in France, the son of Felix Charles Maximilian and Sophie Jeanne Reuss. In 1868, he came to England and married in the following year Sophie, the daughter of John Henry Carter, at Leeds parish church. Reuss partnered Joseph T. Deakin in Deakin, Reuss & Co at Tiger Works, West Street (see Deakin, Sons & Co), which exported cutlery to Spain and South America. After leaving Deakin in 1895, Reuss acquired Samuel Hancock & Sons and its &....
