c.1791 Born in Exeter, Devon
1821 Married Eliza Courteney Sheppard in Clerkenwell[1]
1838 Went into partnership with William Thorowgood
1841 Type founder, lived in Clerkenwell[2]
1849 The business became Robert Besley and Co
1851 Type founder, lived in Hornsey[3]
1861 Type founder, employing 150 men, lived in Edmonton[4]
1861 Robert Besley and Benjamin Fox were registered as electors at a house in Aldersgate Without, London[5]
1861 Alderman Robert Besley retired from the business which became Reed and Fox
1871 Retired type founder, Alderman of the City of London, lived in Wandsworth with Eliza Besley 70[6]
1876 Died in Wimbledon Park[7]
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