Thomas Hampton
Thomas Hampton (c1840- ) of the Phoenix Bessemer Steel Works
Engineer for the Phoenix Bessemer Steel Works, The Ickles, Sheffield. [1]
c.1840 Born in Tettenhall, Staffordshire
1871 Manager, armour plate works; living in Sheffield with his wife Annie and four children[2]
1871 Thomas Hampton and William Radcliffe (1844-1908) built and operated a steelworks at the Ickles - Hampton, Radcliffe and Co
1872 They sold the works to the adjoining Phoenix Bessemer Steel Co., Ltd. and the company was wound up.
c.1872 Mr. Thomas Hampton and Mr. Radcliffe started the Phoenix Bessemer Steel Works, taking over the Phoenix Works.
1873 Patent application by Thomas Hampton, of Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer, in respect of the invention of "an improvement in the manufacture of armour and other plates."[3]
1881 Steel manufacturer, living in Sheffield with his wife Annie and nine children[4]
1883 Mr. Hampton left the Phoenix Works and was replaced by Edward Tozer, the company changing its name to Steel, Peech and Tozer.
1891 Thomas Hampton 51, Steel and Iron Manufacturer, lived in Workington with Annie Maria Hampton 51, Fanny Hampton 25, Clara Hampton 23, Thomas Hampton 20, analytical chemist, Annie Maria Hampton 18, William Thompson Hampton 17, Arthur Bernard Hampton 16, Harry Percy Hampton 13 , Frank Cartwright Hampton 10, Sydney Griffith 7, Selina Thompson 44, sister in law[5]
1897 A Thomas Hampton died in Ecclesall Bierlow but his birth date was given as 1829[6]