- George North Adams,
- Tom Byron Adams,
- William
Henry Adams,
- Thomas Ridley Bailey,
- Herbert Beach,
- Hermon Bradley,
- Charles Howard Bussey,
- John Doughty Bussey,
- Frank William Collins,
- Gabriel Estwick Ford,
- John Freeman, Charles
- John Griffiths,
- Charles
Holland Harper,
- Clement William Harris,
- Harry James Harris,
- James
Wilfred Harris,
- Sidney Harris, William
- Henry Hawthorne,
- Helen Donaldson
Heatley,
- Thomas Burnham Heynes,
- Edward Hickman,
- Thomas Edgecome Hickman,
- John Twigg Homer,
- Walter H Hughes,
- William John Jenkins
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Information from Cynthia Hill
This used to be in the Crush(Entrance) Hall at school.
Some names are familiar to me- they would have been the equivalent of Rotary members -
prominent professional and business men of the time.
- Herbert Beach - furniture shop and mayor of Bilston,
- Bussey family - don't know where money came from
- Frank Collins - funeral director,
- John Freeman was a local preacher in Methodist Church
- Walter Hughes became an author,
- Hickmans were timber merchants,
- Dr Lambah - Miss Lambah's dad,
- Legges were Lock and Key manufacturers,
- Thompson's boilers,
- Wesson's were in Darlaston but big family at Bilston
- Wesley Metz Wilkins were jewellers,
- Woolridge bakers
| Information from Megan Fitzgerald Plummer
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George North Adams – JP, Mars Iron Works, also Director of Bilston Gas Light & Coke Co
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Thomas Byron Adams – son of the above
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William Henry Adams- son of GNA
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Thomas Ridley Bailey – Dr, Lyndale, 13 Wellington Rd
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Herbert Beech – Furniture Dealer,
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Hermon Bradley –
Chairman of Beldray - Son of Walter Smith Bradley, (Beldray)
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Charles Haywood Bussey – Springfield House , Wolverhampton St ( prior to Hickman Park Ground)
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John Doughty Bussey- Springfield House Ditto
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Frank William Collins – Undertaker
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Gabriel Estwick Ford – Vicar
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John Freeman – Author
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Charles John Griffiths- Charles Holland Harper - Hardware manufacturer ( son of John Harper alderman of Brueton House)
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Clement William Harris – Laburnhams
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Harry James Harris – ditto
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James Wilfred Harris – ditto
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Sidney Harris – ditto
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William Henry Hawthorn – Grandson of Helen Donaldson Heatley – 1st headmistress of Wolverhampton Girls High School
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Thomas Burnham Heynes – Drugstore/Oil & Colour Merchant
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Edward Hickman – Son of Sir Alfred Thomas Edgecome Hickman – Brigadier General, MP for Bilston , Wergs Hall
Wolverhampton.
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Alfred John Twigg Homer – Chair of Dudley Board of guardians, high sheriff of Staffs, (adventurer)
- Walter Hughes – Author Hugh Walters
- William John Jenkins –
- Edward Johnson –
- James Adams Jordan – Enameller, went into partnership with Ralph
(Ralph & Jordan)
- Vishwa Mitra Lambah – Dr, Police surgeon
- Alfred Lathe –
- William John Jenkins –
- Edward Johnson –
- James Adams Jordan – Enameller, went into partnership with Ralph
(Ralph & Jordan)
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- Vishwa Mitra Lambah – Dr, Police surgeon
- Alfred Lathe –
- Leslie Ward Lee – JP, Gent, Wellington Rd. Director of Bilston
Gas Light & Coke Co
- Joseph Legge – Lock Maker
- William John Lester – Coal merchant / Japanners- Lester St, (
the only Lester’s I can think of)
- David Lewis – JP, a founder of Bilston Girls High School
- Herbert Thomas Merchant – Builder,
- Frank Millington – Taylor
- Joseph Henry Parker –
- Frederick William Plant – Westbourne,
- Henry Simcox Pratt – Solicitor
- Frederick Ernest Sankey – Wellington Rd Chairman of the Board of Guardians of Wolverhampton Grammar
- George Henry Sankey – ditto
- Richard Smith – ?
- Samuel
Ashley Smith – MD, JP , 1 Wellington Rd
- Samuel Thompson –
- Stephen William Tyler –
- Alfred John Wesson – Iron Works, Moxley
( Wednesbury)
- Charles Wesson – ditto
- William Wesson – ditto
- William Wilkins –
- William Henry Metz Wilkins –
Jeweller/watchmaker
- Frederick Woolridge - Baker /pastryman
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