NETTLE FOLD

Joseph Henry . b. London 1827; in a hardware busine with his father and brother 54 High Holborn, London; managed the gimlet pointed wood screw branch of the busine at Birmingham, in conjunction with Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Chamberlain retired 1874; became a colliery proprietor and a wire manufacturer; busine formed into a company as Nettle folds, limited, with works at Smethwick; a member of Institute of mechanical engineers 1860; resided King’s Heath, Birmingham; presented his collection of David Cox’s paintings, valued at £40,000, to town of Birmingham Oct. 1881. d. Allean house, Pitlochry, Perth shire 22 Nov. 1881, personalty sworn as £287,000 Feb. 11, 1882. Proc. of Instit. of mechanical engineers (1882) 9–10.