Edmund Draper & Company
Alfred Draper (1810-1881) and his brother Edmund (1812-1893) were born in Chesterfield. They moved to Sheffield. Alfred became an assistant to Maurice Bright (see S. Bright) and then acquired Bright’s High Street cutlery and hardware shop after Maurice’s suicide in 1848. Edmund became a draper in Fargate. By 1871, they had retired: however, Edmund’s sons, Edmund (1846-1929) and Alfred (1850-1927) became merchants and hardware dealers. In 1871, Edmund – who was the more pr....
