Charles Anderton (1825-1876) was born in Sheffield on 17 January 1825, the son of Thomas, a silver plater, and his wife, Elizabeth.

In 1841, Charles was living in Portobello with his father.  By 1849, he was a silversmith in Fitzwilliam Street.  In 1857, he registered a silver mark with J.F. Fenton (Fenton Bros), but this partnership was dissolved in 1859. In 1860, he took over the premises of Henry Dawson Wilkinson in Union Lane. In about 1864, he moved his workshops to Townhead Street, where in 1868 he advertised as a silver and electro-plater, jeweller, and watchmaker. According to the Census in 1861 and 1871, he employed one man and a boy. He died at his residence in Mackenzie Walk on 13 November 1876, aged 51. He was buried in Ecclesall, leaving effects valued at under £200.  By then the business was operated in Copper Street by Charles’s son, Frederick Herbert Anderton (1851-1920). The latter was a silversmith, but also manufactured bicycles.  In 1884, F.H. Anderton auctioned the Copper Street premises and its tools (Sheffield Independent, 14 June 1884). He then moved to London to work as a silversmith and later brass finisher. He died at Belmont Street, Chalk Farm, on 28 September 1920, leaving £1,399.