NOTABLE PEOPLE

Below is information concerning individuals (in alphabetical order) in my family tree who enjoyed considerable success.

Luke Berry (1823 - 1891) managed the construction of Rotherham Water Works. The Rotherham Local Board of Health secured his services as resident manager and engineer, a position he retained for 36 years.  Click here to learn more about Luke.

In the early years of the 20th Century, William Charles (1880 - 1970), his brother (Alfred) and a friend put together approximately £150 to establish the Rother Boiler Company (referred to as the Boiler Shop). 

 Harold Loukes (1912 – 1980) was a respected Author, Headmaster, Journalist, Justice of the Peace Lecturer and Reader.  Click here to learn more about Harold. 

Johann Hermann Mülleken (Herbert Mollekin) (1863 - 1929) built Maltby Model Village, Rhodesia Village and Council estates in Thurcroft, Dalton, Rawmarsh, Shireoaks, Cannock, Pontefract, Blackwell and South Normanton.  Herbert also built Dinnington Technical School and an Elementary School in Thurcroft and Bramley.  Click here to learn more about Herbert.

David Nicholson (1939 - 2006) was one of the most successful National Hunt trainers of his era.  Click here to learn more about David.

George Slingsby (1866 - 1934) saved about £100 as a sweets salesman and in 1888 went into partnership with his younger brother, Albert Edward Slingsby (1873 - 1957), as Machinery Merchants. All of Albert Edwards' male children went into the Slingsby business at one time or another. The firm was incorporated as G. & A.E. Slingsby Limited in 1952 . David Bryan Slingsby joined the business in 1954 and eventually sold out in 1987, just short of a hundred years. There were 13 family shareholders by then. 

William (Willie) Stephenson (1911 - 1988) was the only surviving Englishman ever to have saddled a winner of both the Derby and the Grand National.  Click here to learn more about Willie.

Michael Rodney Tyzack (1933 - 2007) was an artist and jazz trumpeter who found success as an abstract painter in the U.S.  Click here to learn more about Michael.