Benjamin Fenton & Company
Benjamin Fenton was born on 4 December 1783, the son of Francis Fenton (1755-1835) and his wife, Elizabeth. The latter was the daughter of Benjamin Roebuck, a prominent Sheffield merchant and banker. Francis Fenton became Roebuck’s business partner and, when Roebuck retired to Bath, he assumed the direction of the business. In 1796, a visiting Philadelphia Quaker, Benjamin Johnson, recorded in his diary a meeting with Fenton: ‘a man of considerable note here’, who was also remarkable for h....
