Robert Hadfield & Company
The early career of Robert Hadfield (1757-1807) was spent as a warehouseman and shop man for John Greaves (c.1708-1779), a factor in Fargate (Leader, 18761). In 1781, Hadfield married Anne Bennet (d. 1812), who was in service in the Greaves’s household. He became a successful merchant and factor, who exported cutlery by makers such as Nowill. He lived in St James’s Street, with his warehouse at the back. Until 1804, Robert Hadfield had several partners – Samuel Greaves, G....
