Picture No | 10731479 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | The late Hugh Spottiswoode |
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William Hugh Spottiswoode (1864-1915) businessman, publisher and cricketer. Chairman of the board of The Sphere and Tatler company; also a director of Eyre and Spottiswoode, the King's printers and of Messrs. John Broadwood and Sons, the famous pianoforte manufacturers. Raised funds for the Printers' Pension Corporation, particularly through the production and sale of Printer's Pie every summer and Christmas. In his younger days, he played county cricket for Kent and was a fine golfer and game shot.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 25 August 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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