11-636: Samuel Fox or Foxe may refer to: Samuel Fox (industrialist) (1815–1887), British industrialist noted for developing the Paragon umbrella frame Samuel Fox (1781–1868) , Nottingham philanthropist who started the Nottingham Building Society Samuel John Fox (1854–1911), Ontario farmer and politician Samuel Fox (music publisher) , American music publisher, founder of Sam Fox Publishing Company Samuel Fox (1765–1851), Derby justice of
22-424: A former cotton mill. In 1842, Fox married Maria Radcliffe (born 20 January 1820) at Stannington, Sheffield . They had one son, William Henry Fox (1843–1920) who never married. In 1851 he and his company Fox Umbrella Frames Ltd developed the "Paragon" umbrella frame, a U section of string steel that was far superior to its competitors. Development of the product continued until at least 1935. A similar product
33-565: A rail and billet mill was established, followed by a rod mill in 1864. A railway line was built to link the steel works with the wider region. Fox bought the Bradwell Grove Estate, Holwell , Oxfordshire in 1871. He died on 25 February 1887 and was buried at St John churchyard on his estate North Cliffe , near Market Weighton , East Riding of Yorkshire. Throughout his life, Fox was a frequent visitor to his home village of Bradwell, and for many years regularly sent money to benefit
44-472: Is now part of the Benefice of Shill Valley and Broadshire, which includes also the parishes of Alvescot , Black Bourton , Broadwell , Broughton Poggs , Filkins , Kelmscott , Kencot , Langford , Little Faringdon , Shilton and Westwell . The Cotswold Wildlife Park is within the ecclesiastical parish of Holwell, and the bordering civil parish of Broadwell . This Oxfordshire location article
55-546: The church, and the church was completed in his memory under the instruction of his son, William, at a cost of around £5,000. Due to dwindling congregations, the church closed in 2018. Its last permanent vicar was Catherine Barnard. [REDACTED] Media related to Samuel Fox (industrialist) at Wikimedia Commons Holwell, Oxfordshire Holwell is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south of Burford in West Oxfordshire . The 2001 Census recorded
66-531: The parish's population as 17. During the time that Robert de Chesney was Bishop of Lincoln (1148–66), land at Holwell was given to the Cistercian Abbey at Bruern . The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary was built in the 13th century. It was rebuilt in 1842 and again in 1895. The latter rebuilding was designed by the architect Walter Mills of Banbury , using a Gothic Revival interpretation of Perpendicular Gothic . St Mary's parish
77-502: The peace; father of William Darwin Fox Samuel Fox and Company , a steel company near Sheffield, England Samuel Foxe or Fox (1560–1630), English diarist and politician Samuel Foxe (MP) for Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency) Sam Fox , American businessman and former United States ambassador to Belgium Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
88-565: The poor. These charitable donations were always sent anonymously, and it was only a few years before his death that the actual donor became known to the people, when he also bequeathed a further £1000 for the poor of the parish. A magnificent church, funded by the Fox family, was built in Stocksbridge overlooking the steelworks following his death. Saint Matthias Church was so named because Samuel Fox died on St. Matthias' Day . Fox himself had planned
99-550: The title Samuel Fox . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Fox&oldid=1211700890 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Samuel Fox (industrialist) Samuel Fox (7 June 1815 – 25 February 1887)
110-625: Was a British industrialist and businessman noted for developing the Paragon umbrella frame, and the founder of a steelworks in Stocksbridge . Fox was born in Bradwell, Derbyshire , on 7 June 1815, the youngest son of William Fox, a shuttle-weaver, and Mary (née Palfreyman). In 1831, he started work as an apprentice wire drawer in the firm of Samuel Cocker in Hathersage . He moved to Stocksbridge in 1842 to establish his own wire-drawing business in
121-410: Was used to make Crinoline frames from 1855. Umbrellas with 'Fox Frames' were sold worldwide. The business continued to expand and started producing different products, and by the mid-1860s the works included furnaces and rolling mills. In 1862, Samuel Fox began to produce crucible steel. The company installed two 5-ton Bessemer converters, the process being the invention of Sir Henry Bessemer. In 1863
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