Born in France in about 1817, James Baptiste Malaingre was working in Sheffield by 1861 as an inlayer in cutlery scales.  In 1862, he married an English woman, Catherine née Bentley, and became naturalised by 1871.  He advertised in the directory (1868) as a manufacturer of inlaid scales, but he also sold fruit knives and paper knives.  His works address was Lower Hanover Street and he also had a London agent.  By 1871, he was operating from Albion Fancy Works, Broomspring Lane, employing four men and eight boys.  Malaingre acquired a partner, Samuel Herbert Fielding, but the business did not prosper.  Both partners became bankrupt in the mid-1870s, with debts of £650.  Malaingre then became a ‘professor’ of languages (teaching French).  He died at Leavy Greave on 1 June 1900, aged 83, and was buried in the General Cemetery.  His wife had died in 1893.