Edward Landers Thompson was born in 1859 in Conisbrough, the son of Charles Thompson, who was a clerk to a brewer and port merchant. By 1871, Edward was living in Sheffield with his widowed mother, Sarah, who was a shopkeeper. Edward became an electro-plate manager. In 1883, he began his own venture at St Mary’s Works, Mary Street. In 1887, he moved to West Street and registered a silver mark in 1889 (another was registered from Central Plate & Cutlery Works, West Street, in 1896). He ....