This may be the same person as William Sparks Thomson whose business address was Victoria St, Westminster.
c.1868 James Baird Handyside became connected with Mr. W. S. Thomson in the manufacture of railway springs and buffers
1874 The business of Thomson and Co of Victoria St, Westminster (manufacturer of railway springs and buffers at Crown Ironworks, Glasgow) and the business and patents of Mr L. Sterne, carried on under the name of L. Sterne and Co, were amalgamated as a limited company, Thomson, Sterne and Co; the whole of the capital was taken by the partners of the firm[1] Mr. Handyside was the managing director in Glasgow.
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- ↑ The Times, Jul 17, 1874