Richard Beaumont-Thomas: Difference between revisions

{{notability}}'''Richard Beaumont-Thomas''' was the Managing Director of a major [[South Wales]] iron, steel and [[tinplate]] manufacturing company named [[Richard Thomas and Co Ltd]]<ref>[http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-THOM-RIC-1838.html]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> which eventually merged with [[Baldwins]]<ref>[http://www.macsteelusa.com/index.asp]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> to become [[Richard Thomas and Baldwins]].

He was born on 25 May 1860 at [[Oxford]], the eldest son of his father tinplate manufacturer [[Richard Thomas]][http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-THOM-RIC-1838.html] <ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davtur/Links.html]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. [[Richard Beaumont Thomas]] married Nora Anderson, the fourth daughter of [[James Anderson]] at [[Holy Trinty Church]], Tulse Hill, [[London]] on the 2 Aug 1888.

During 1885, assisted by Robert Davies, Richard Beaumont-Thomas invented a [[cleaning machine]] and a [[dusting machine]]. These machines made possible the continuous production of tinplate. Richard Beaumont-Thomas continued this inventive streak, in 1897 together with his brother Hubert Spence-Thomas, a continuous [[tinning machine]]<ref>[http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/patent/386084/summary.html]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was patented. The patents for these inventions were issued and utilised by the [[tinplate industry]] globally.

Richard Beaumont-Thomas died on the 14 February 1917 leaving a will of £449,285-18-9 pounds stirling. The will, due to its complexity was converted into a Private [[Act of Parliament]] named the Beaumont Thomas Estate 1929 (19 & 20 Geo.5)[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/private/p-chron33] <ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords_reports/1929/may/07/beaumont-thomas-estate-bill-hl]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> read in the [[House of Lords]].