George Sargent (American Football)
George Sargent may refer to: *George Sargent (businessman) (1859–1921), Australian *George Sargent (golfer) George Jonathan Sargent (2 August 1882 – 18 June 1962)Ancestry.com was an English professional golfer. Early life Sargent was born in Brockham, Surrey, England to William Henry Sargent and Amelia Jane Harkett. The family moved to Epsom when ...

George Sargent (businessman)
George Sargent (1859–1921) was an Australian businessman. George and his wife Charlotte Sargent (née Foster) (1856–1924) were both pastry cooks and caterers. Together with their son Foster Sargent, they founded Sargent's meat pies company in 1906. Life and career He trained as a baker and, after migrating to Australia, he worked in a bakery in George Street, Sydney, where he became foreman. The couple started selling pies for a penny in a small shop in Paddington, New South Wales in 1891. In 1913, Sargents were producing 150,000 pies per week at their factory in Burton Street, Darlinghurst. In 1919, a boarding house keeper named Mary Mahony sought damages of £400 against Sargents, having claimed that she had been served a pie containing portions of a rodent. Mahony was awarded £25, but later evidence emerged of a conspiracy. At the subsequent retrial, the reputation of Sargent's pies was vindicated by the jury's verdict. In 1927, over 10,000 pies needed to be burie ...
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