Samuel Biggin (c.1839-1910) was born in Sheffield, the son of Isaac and Maria Biggin.  The family became manufacturers of silver caps and ferrules and Samuel’s older brother, John, founded John Biggin Ltd.  By 1861, when he was living with his widowed mother in Leadmill Road, Samuel was a silver handle and ferrule maker.  In the Census (1871), he was enumerated as a fruiterer and grocer, living on the London Road.  Samuel Biggin & Son registered a silver mark from Cambridge Street in 1888, with Samuel and his son, Herbert Harry (1865-1932), as the partners.  In 1901, Samuel Biggin & Son was listed as a silver handle ferrule manufacturer, 42 Eyre Street.  By 1905, the address was Matilda Works, Matilda Street.  Samuel lived at Woodview, Totley Rise.  He died at Vernon House, Grindleford, after a long illness on 5 February 1910.  His burial was at Norton Cemetery.   The firm seems to have remained in business for a year or so, but then disappeared from directories.  Herbert Harry died ‘very suddenly’ at his home at Hangingwater Road on 27 February 1932 (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 29 February 1932).  He was buried at Fulwood, leaving £149.