The company Frank Graham Thompson was heir to was established in what year?
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Redden Forest Education Center The Redden Forest Complex is located in Redden State Forest, Sussex County, Delaware. Now known as the Redden Forest Education Center, the complex includes three Shingle style buildings built in 1900-1902 as a hunting retreat for Pennsylvania Railroad heir Frank Graham Thompson. The complex was served by a specially built railroad siding in Redden Crossroads. The camp fell into disuse during the Great Depression and was acquired by the state of Delaware in the 1930s. It saw use by the Civilian Conservation Corps, then the complex and the surrounding property were designated Redden State Forest in 1937.
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Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR) (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was called the Pennsylvania Railroad because it was established in the state of Pennsylvania.
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James Pyke Thompson James Pyke Thompson (1846-1897) was an English corn merchant who is best known for his philanthropic work towards the people of Cardiff and Penarth in South Wales. Born into a wealthy family in Bridgwater, Somerset, Thompson joined his father as director of Spiller & Co., Cardiff, one of the largest milling companies in Britain.
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JPMorgan American Investment Trust JP Morgan American Investment Trust () is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in North America. Established in 1955, the company is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Chairman is Hamish Buchan.
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Thompsons Solicitors Thompsons Solicitors, formerly Robin Thompson & Partners, is a large firm of solicitors founded in 1921 with longstanding links to the trade union movement. It is 45th on the list of largest United Kingdom-based law firms. It specialises in personal injury claims and only acts for claimants.
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Prudential plc Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in London in May 1848 as "The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association" to provide loans to professional and working people.
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World Wide Pictures World Wide Pictures (WWP) is a film distributor and production company established as a subsidiary of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in 1951. It is involved in the production and distribution of evangelistic films, the production of Graham crusade films, and publicity for Graham crusades.
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Robert Thompson (designer) Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955) was a British furniture maker. He lived in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where he set up a business manufacturing oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece.
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Personal Assets Trust Personal Assets Trust () is a large British investment trust. Established in 1983, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Chairman is Hamish Buchan.
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Continental Steel Corporation The Continental Steel Corporation was United States steel producer from 1927 until 1986. The company was created on June 21, 1927 through the merger of the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company (founded in Kokomo, Indiana in 1901) with the Superior Sheet Steel Company of Canton, Ohio, and the Chapman Price Steel Company of Indianapolis. Among the original eleven directors was John E. Fredrick, who had been an organizer of the Kokomo Fence Machine Company in 1896 and had served on the board of directors of the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company. Fredrick served as first Chairman of the Board of Continental Steel, whose headquarters were established in Kokomo. The Kokomo operations of this corporation, however, continued to employ the Kokomo Steel and Wire name until 1944. Continental Steel was dissolved in 1986, due to bankruptcy.
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Colonial Ammunition Company The Colonial Ammunition Company (CAC) was an ammunition manufacturer in Auckland, New Zealand. Its predecessor, Whitney & Sons, was established by Major John Whitney with government encouragement in 1885 during the Russian Scare. Whitney later recruited investors to expand his factory in 1888. The other shareholders were Messrs Greenwood and Batley, of Leeds (owners of the Greenwood & Batley cartridge company) ; T. Hall, Esq., of Mount Morgan; J. D' Arcey, Esq.; Captain de Lusada, R.N.; J. Clarke, Esq.; and T.Y. Cartwright of Notts. They formed the Colonial Ammunition Company, the first ordnance manufacturer in Australasia.
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Thompson and Morgan Thompson & Morgan is an independently-owned company based in Ipswich, Suffolk. Founded in 1855, Thompson and Morgan offer English plants, seeds and sundries worldwide through their websites. The U.S. division of the company was sold to Gardens Alive in 2009.
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Buick Buick ( ), formally the Buick Motor Division, is an upscale automobile brand of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). It has the distinction of being the oldest active American marque of automobile, and was the company that established General Motors in 1908. Before the establishment of General Motors, GM founder William C. Durant had served as Buick's general manager and major investor. Buick also has the distinction of being the first automobile maker in the world to equip its cars with overhead valve engines, which it did starting in 1904.
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S G Brown Ltd S. G. Brown Ltd was established in 1903 by British engineer Sidney George Brown, to manufacture scientific instruments, its best known product was the gyroscopic compass.
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Universal Corporation Universal Corporation () is one of the world's leading tobacco merchants. Incorporated in 1918, Universal has headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.
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Parker's Parker's is Australia's largest pretzel company and is owned by its parent company The Smith's Snackfood Company.
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Frank Chapman (businessman) Sir Frank Joseph Chapman was the Chief Executive of BG Group, the oil and gas exploration company.
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Fred. Olsen &amp; Co. Fred. Olsen & Co. is a shipping company based in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded by Petter Olsen in 1848. Today it is the holding company that controls the Olsen family's interest through Bonheur and Ganger Rolf.
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Pioneer Kitchenware Pioneer Kitchenware (), formerly known as the Ghana Pioneer Aluminium Factory, is a kitchenware retailer in Ghana. It is listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index. It was founded in 1959 by a Swiss businessman, Paul Gottfried Schwegler. It functions as a private limited company and specialises in the production of aluminium hollowware products for the Ghanaian market.
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Ernest Oppenheimer Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (22 May 1880 – 25 November 1957) was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist , who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.
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Forgan of St. Andrews Forgan of St. Andrews, established in 1860, is the oldest golf club manufacturing company in the world. It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
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British Assets Trust British Assets Trust () is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in major international businesses, particularly FTSE 100 companies. Established in 1898, the company is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Chairman is William Thomson.