Stephen Winkworth Silver (26 February 1790, in

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– 1855) was a

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business man who established a company specialised in providing campaign and exploration equipment. They also acted as army and colonial agents, as well as shipping agents. He took over and developed

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, the second shirt-making business in London, which had been established in 1794.

Family life

Stephen was the son of Stephen Silver and Elizabeth Finch. His paternal grandmother was Sarah Winckworth. His father was a

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in Winchester who died in 1794. His mother remarried to John Hayter in 1799, and his step brother, George Hayter, was born in 1803. Stephen moved to

, where he married Frances Susan Adams, from

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, Devon, on 1 February 1812. In later years, they lived at 5 Circus Road. Stephen & Frances Susan had eleven children: Frances Silver, wife of Francis "Frank" Hockin (1813-1893), Alexander Frederick Silver (1814-1820), Elizabeth Smyth Silver, wife of the Rev. George Chute (1817-1862),

Stephen William Silver Stephen William Silver was born to Stephen Winckworth Silver and his wife, Frances Susan Adams, on 7 May 1817. He was a brother of Hugh Silver. They were London merchants, who took over running S. W. Silver and Co. from their father in 1846. He ...

(1819-1905), Frederick Silver (1821-1884), Marianne Nine Silver (1823-1849), Colonel Hugh Adams Silver (1825-1912), Walter Finch Silver (1827-1847), Edgar Silver (1829-1905), Jessie Silver (1831-1892) and Septimus Silver (1833-1854). Sons Stephen and Hugh joined S.W.Silver & Co. and Edgar became a

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in the

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. On 4 Oct 1855, Stephen died at Carshalton, Surrey, "in the 66th year of his age, after a painful illness, borne with the greatest submission". His wife, Frances Susan, died on 19 Nov 1869 and was buried at the side of her husband in the cemetery at St John's Hampstead, Camden (along with three of their children).

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