'Family Business' a History of Grosvenor Chater 1690-1977, by Michael Chater

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The 'foreword' of this book reads as follows:

'Friends of Grosvenor Chater who are kind enough to read this short history of an old firm may wonder why it has been produced at this time, since the present year, so notable for another reason*, is not a numerical landmark for the Company.

1977 is, however, a significant year for Grosvenor Chater. After much planning and property negotiation, the Company, for so long a London-based firm, has been relocated so as better to perform its function of paper distribution. In the course of these upheavals we have been able to unearth from safes, ledgers and scrap-books, the material for a story which seems worth telling, however incomplete and scrappy it may be. Nearly three centuries and twelve reigns have passed since the Company was first founded, and 1977, which marks the beginning of a new era, is perhaps a suitable moment to look back and see how we got here.'

• perhaps referring to Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.

The book was first published in Great Britain, 1977 by Grosvenor Chater & Company Limited at Brick Knoll Park, Ashley Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Copyright 1977 Michael Chater. Designed by Maxwell Martyn. Printed and bound in Great Britain by W. & J. Mackay Limited, Chatham, Kent, England on paper made at Abbey Mills in North Wales. Jacket designed and printed by the John Roberts Press, Clerkenwell, London E.C.1.^[1]

This 'open space page' serves as a place to connect the people mentioned in the book.

A WikiTree profile is created, once a reliable accurate source has been identified, and the profile, under a 'See also:' heading, will link back to this 'open space page'.

The following table was updated on the 5th June 2023.

Surname	Maiden name	First names	Connection	Page number(s)	WikiTree-ID, date of birth, or note
Arnold		Harry Eveleigh	buyer in the 1950's, company director 1962 until his death in 1965	48, 60	Harry Eveleigh Arnold (1914-1965)
Balston		William	paper maker, company name 'Balston & Hollingworth' in Maidstone, Kent. See Hollingworth note below this table.	35	William Balston (1769-1849)
Barnard	Chater	Caroline	daughter of Eliezer Chater	19	Caroline (Chater) Barnard (1797-1876)
Barnard		Edward	Caroline Chater's husband	19	Edward Barnard (1796-1867)
Barnard	Rutt	Ellen	daughter of Thomas Prentice Rutt	19	Ellen (Rutt) Barnard (1835-1908)
Barnard		Walter	Ellen Rutt's husband	19	Walter Barnard (1833-1922)
Barrett		Samuel	engineer turner and fitter at Glory Mill near High Wycombe in 1881	33	Samuel Barrett (abt.1844-)
Birch		Mr. Lucas	confectioner shortly to become Ring & Brymer, neighbouring tenant of William Grosvenor's business in 1822	21	see Birch note below this table
Black		John	managed the 'Town' sales in the 1960's	48	John Black (1883-)
Bradshaw		Christopher	catalogue designer in 1953	47
Breton		Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis	manager of the Grosvenor Chater office in Paris in 1889	39	Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827-1906)
Campbell		Ian Douglas	11th Duke of Argyll	39	Ian Douglas Campbell (1903-1973)
Campbell	Clews	Louise Morris	Duchess of Argyll	39	Louise Morris (Clews) Timpson (1905-1970)
Chambers		Mrs.	converted James Eden's pin-mill on the Dee estuary (see below) into a paper-mill about 1783	26
Chater		Alfred Dougan	son of Leathley Chater, Chater family tree	7, 15, 16, 18, 28, 46, 54, 60	Alfred Dougan Chater (1890-1974)
Chater		Arthur Grosvenor	son of George Chater (junior), Chater family tree	18	Arthur Grosvenor Chater (1866-1951)
Chater		Eliezer	son of James Chater (junior), apprenticed to Richard Welles in 1779, Chater family tree	7, 14, 15, 18, 19	Eliezer Chater (abt.1764-1835)
Chater		George	son of Eliezer Chater, Chater family tree	18, 32, 38, 39	George Chater (1808-1892)
Chater		George (junior)	son of George Chater, Chater family tree	7, 18, 32, 37, 38, 39, 54	George Chater (1839-1915)
Chater		Henry	son of Joseph Chater, Chater family tree	18	Henry Chater (1827-abt.1887)
Chater		James	Chater family tree	18	James Chater (abt.1694-abt.1762)
Chater		James (junior)	son of James Chater, Chater family tree	18	James Chater (abt.1732-1800)
Chater		Joseph	son of James Chater (junior), Chater family tree	18	Joseph Chater (abt.1767-1838)
Chater		Joseph (junior)	son of Joseph Chater, Chater family tree	18	Joseph Chater (1797-1875)
Chater		Leathley	son of Henry Chater, Chater family tree	15, 18, 54	Leathley Chater (1858-1931)
Chater		Lionel George	son of George Chater (junior), Chater family tee	7, 15, 18, 29, 40, 44, 54, 60	Lionel George Chater (1869-1964)
Chater		Michael Dougan	author, son of Alfred Dougan Chater, Chater family tree	cover page, title page, 9, 16, 18, 58, 60	Michael Dougan Chater (1917-1994)
Chater		Simon D.	son of Michael Dougan Chater, Chater family tree	18	Simon D. Chater
Chater		Vernor	(Colonel), son of George Chater, Chater family tree	18, 39, 56	Vernor Chater (1842-1928)
Cooper		George	elected as a director in 1971	60
Donaldson		Graham	advertisement designer in the 1970's	8
Downing		Wilfred Leslie	head of Accounts Department post-war	49	Wilfred Leslie Downing (1911-1968)
Eden		James	a pin-mill was built for him, a pin maker, in 1764 near to the Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary, according to Thomas Pennant (see below)	26
Fox		Edward	silk mercer, died in 1882	32	possibly this silk manufacturer (Fox-24216)
Gardner		Peter	Assistant M.D. of Wiggins Teape	9	see Gardner note below this table
Glasgow		Reginald	managed 'Town' and 'Country' sales in the 1970's, elected director in 1977	48, 62
Grosvenor		Robert	Wholesale Stationer in Leadenhall Street, London, Grosvenor family tree	13, 17	Robert Grosvenor (abt.1677-abt.1752)
Grosvenor		Robert (junior)	son of Robert Grosvenor, Grosvenor family tree	17	Robert Grosvenor (abt.1706-1763)
Grosvenor		Septimus	great, great grandson of the original Robert Grosvenor, son of William Limbury Grosvenor (junior), Grosvenor family tree	15, 17	Septimus Grosvenor (1820-1896)
Grosvenor		William Henry	son of William Limbury Grosvenor (junior), Grosvenor family tree	17	William Henry Grosvenor (abt.1808-1885)
Grosvenor		William Limbury	son of Robert Grosvenor (junior), Grosvenor family tree	14, 17	William Limbery Grosvenor (abt.1745-abt.1832)
Grosvenor		William Limbury (junior)	son of William Limbury Grosvenor, Grosvenor family tree	13, 14, 17	William Limbery Grosvenor (1778-1861)
Hall		Richard	head of Finishing Department at Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary sometime in the 1930's-1960's	30	Richard Hall (1908-)
Hanover	Hanover	Alexandrina Victoria	Queen Victoria	39	Alexandrina Victoria Hanover (1819-1901)
Harmsworth		Alfred Charles William	Lord Northcliffe, 1893 journalist	38	Alfred Charles William Harmsworth (1865-1922)
Harmsworth		Harold Sidney	Lod Rothermere, 1893 journalist	38	Harold Sidney Harmsworth Bt. (1868-1940)
Hart		Tom	managing director of Benham's of Colchester, printers in the 1960's	47
Henniker-Major		Richard Arthur Otway	(Hon.) elected as a non-executive director in 1971	60	Richard Arthur Otway Henniker-Major (1917-2003)
Hill		William	paper-mill owner in 1821, in Greenfield, near Abbey Paper Mill	26
Hollingworth		Finch	paper maker, company name 'Balston & Hollingworth' in Maidstone, Kent. See Hollingworth note below this table.	35	Finch Hollingworth (1761-1838)
Hollingworth		Thomas Robert	paper maker, company name 'Balston & Hollingworth' in Maidstone, Kent. See Hollingworth note below this table.	35	Thomas Robert Hollingworth (abt.1764-1826)
Jamieson		William Tough	manager of the 'cutting room' in Old Street, London in the 1940's and North Wales	45	William Tough Jamieson (1887-)
Johnston		Jim	member of staff, casualty in the 1914-1918 war	41
Jones		G. Stanley	chief engineer at Abbey Mill on the Dee estuary 1945-1975	8, 30	George Stanley Jones (1905-1988)
Judson		?	partner in Messrs Hugill & Co. (auditors) in 1937	49
Kelman		John	foreman	8	John Kelman (1917-1985)
Kemp		Henry Steven	paper maker at Glory Mill near High Wycombe in 1881	33	Henry Steven Kemp (abt.1817-1882)
Logan		William D.	appointed as secretary and elected as a director in 1973	62	Wiiliam D. Logan (1906-)
Marshall		Richard	bookseller, company name 'Simpkin Marshall'	36	Richard Marshall (abt.1790-)
Meads		Alfred	paper maker at Glory Mill near High Wycombe in 1881	33	Alfred Meads (1828-1902)
Moore		James	paper maker at Glory Mill near High Wycombe in 1881	33	James Moore (abt.1829-1903)
Moran		James	Editor of Printing World	9
Morison		Stanley	typographer, author and journalist	28	Stanley Arthur Morison (1889-1967)
Mortimer		Wilfred	partner in Messrs Hugill & Co. (auditors) in 1937	49
Mostyn		Piers (Sir)	freeholder of the land in Greenfield near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales in 1854	26	Thomas Pyers Mostyn (1828-)
Oldham		Reginald D'Oyley	Guard Bridge paper maker's representative	43	Reginald D'Oyley Oldham (1895-1971)
Oswick		George Ernest	Reed & Smith representative	43	George Ernest Oswick (1882-1968)
Pennant		Thomas	a writer, in 1796 referring to the Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary	25	Thomas Pennant Esq. (abt.1730-)
Petrie	Robertson	Charlotte Barclay	John Petrie's wife	7	Charlotte Barclay (Robertson) Petrie (abt.1851-1933)
Petrie		John	3rd manager of Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary, from 1897 until his death in 1931.	7, 29, 57	John Petrie (abt.1855-abt.1931)
Pinnigar		Fred	managed the 'Town' sales in the 1970's, buyer	48
Pitt		Thomas	Hollingworth representative, in 1921 represenative for Robert Yates Ltd.	43	Thomas Pitt (1859-1954)
Pym		William Bowles	paper maker at Glory Mill near High Wycombe in 1881 see William Bowles Pym (paper maker) in 1881 census	33	William Bowles Pym (1821-1906)
Reed		Albert Ralph (Sir)	controller of the Paper Board set up by the government in 1939	46	Albert Ralph Reed F.C.G.I. (1884-1958)
Roberts		Brunt	chief engineer at Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary, sometime in the 1930's-1960's	30
Roberts		Raymond	catalogue designer in 1956 working for Benham's of Colchester, printers	47
Rutt		Alfred	son of Thomas Prentice Rutt, Rutt family tree	19	Alfred Rutt (1848-1885)
Rutt		Alfred Hugh	son of Harold Alfred Rutt, Rutt family tree, 4th manager of Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary from 1931 until 1967	7, 19, 29, 55, 56, 57, 60	Alfred Hugh Rutt (1902-abt.1984)
Rutt		Anthony Duncan	son of Duncan Harold Rutt, Rutt family tree, joined the firm in 1951, resigned from the Board in 1975	19, 49, 60, 62	Anthony Duncan Rutt
Rutt		Charles	nephew of William Grosvenor, apprentice to Richard Welles in 1786, Rutt family tree	14, 19	Charles Rutt (abt.1772-abt.1862)
Rutt		Derek Alan	son of Duncan Harold Rutt, Rutt family tree, joined the firm in 1955, assistant manager of Abbey Mill in 1973	8, 19, 49, 60, 63	Derek Alan Rutt
Rutt		Duncan Harold	son of Harold Alfred Rutt, Rutt family tree	16, 19, 48, 56, 62	Duncan Harold Rutt (1907-1995)
Rutt		Harold Alfred	son of Alfred Rutt, Secretary, Rutt family tree	15, 16, 19, 44, 54, 58	Harold Alfred Rutt (1872-1941)
Rutt		Malcolm Prentice	son of Alfred Hugh Rutt, Rutt family tree, 5th manager of Abbey Paper Mill from 1967 until 2003	8, 19, 29, 58, 59, 61	Malcolm Prentice Rutt
Rutt		Thomas	son of Thomas Prentice Rutt, Rutt family tree	15, 19, 33, 54	Thomas Rutt (1832-1920)
Rutt		Thomas Prentice	son of Charles Rutt, Rutt family tree	19, 32	Thomas Prentice Rutt (1805-1880)
Saville		John George Charles	Lord Mexborough, owner of No.11 Cornhill, London estate in the 1800's	21	John Charles George Saville (1810-1899)
Savory		Thomas Harrison	trade representative	43	Thomas Harrison Savory (1878-1959)
Simon		Oliver Joseh	printer and publisher	28	Oliver Joseph Simon (1895-1956)
Simpkin		William	bookseller, company name 'Simpkin Marshall'	36	William Simpkin (abt.1772-1854)
Spicer		John Edmund Philip (Capt.)	provided a mortgage to Glory Mill near High Wycombe when the Company needed working capital. See Spicer note below this table.	32	John Edmund Philip Spicer (1850-1928)
Stevens		Charles	paper-mill owner in 1824, in Greenfield, near Abbey Paper Mill	26
Stevens		Roger	catalogue designer in 1956 working for Benham's of Colchester, printers	47
Stone		Alan Reynolds	artist, engraver, typographer	41	Alan Reynolds Stone (1909-1979)
Unsworth		Richard	paper-mill owner in Greenfield, near Abbey Paper Mill in 1824	26	Richard Unsworth (1786-)
Wallace		Mr.	1st manager of the Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary from 1854	29
Warren		Mr.	2nd manager of the Abbey Paper Mill on the Dee estuary until 1897	29
Welles		Richard	Stationer at 11 Cornhill, London, 18th century	7, 14
Wright		Albert	guillotine operator at St Albans, Hertfordshire, (from 1977)	8, 62

References from the above table:

Birch note: https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+LMA~2F4594?SESSIONSEARCH

Gardner note: Awarded the C.B.E. in the 1976 New Year Honours List. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_New_Year_Honours

Hollingworth note: https://vintagepaper.co/blogs/news/turkey-mill

Spicer note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Brief_History_of_the_Spicer_Family_and_their_involvement_in_Papermaking_along_the_Wye

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Family_business/0nbCzQEACAAJ?hl=en