Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 148,337 pages of information and 233,846 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Thomas Vansittart Bowater
From Graces Guide
c.1862 Born in Manchester, son of William Vansittart Bowater and his wife Eliza Jane
1906 Knighted
1907 Was the head of the firm W. V. Bowater and Sons
1913 Became Lord Mayor of London. He then left the running of the family business to his younger brothers.
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