Henry Robinson
‘Henry Robinson’ was listed and advertised in the directory (1856) as a manufacturer of electro-plated goods at Ecclesall Works, Rockingham Street. The residential address was Lansdowne Road. The name ‘Henry Robinson’ seems to have been a fiction: the owners were a journeyman silver smith, George Wilfred Wilson (who briefly lived at Landsdowne Road), and Edward Harrison Philips (London Gazette, 22 July 1856). Wilson had been born in 1826, the son of Joseph (a cutler) and his wife, El....
