Ernest Jardine
Sir Ernest Jardine (1859-1947) was a Nottingham, England, industrialist and businessman. He was a Liberal Unionist and later a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset from 1910 to 1918.
1878 Mentioned. 'Ernest Jardine, also of the town of Nottingham, Bicycle Maker'[1]
1879 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Ernest Jardine and Richard J. Ball, trading at Raleigh-street, and 50, Alfreton-road, in the town of Nottingham, and elsewhere as Bicycle Makers and Ironmongers, under the firm of Jardine and Ball, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to and owing by the said partnership will be received and paid by the said Richard J. Ball, by whom alone the business will in future be carried on...'[2]
Took over his father's business of John Jardine.
1881 Living at 14 Newcastle Drive, Nottingham: John Jardine (age 56 born Hull), Lace Machine Maker Employing 162 Hands at Present. With his wife Elizabeth Jardine (age 52 born Nottingham) and their son Ernest Jardine (age 21 born Nottingham), Assistant Machine Maker. Also father-in-law William Key (age 80 born Nottingham) and grand-daughter Mary E. Watchorn (age 4 born Nottingham). One servant.[3]
1932 Chairman of William Hollins and Co.[4]
1947 Obituary [5]