Colquhoun & Cadman Ltd
Edward Dewing Colquhoun (1833-1907) was the son of James (a coppersmith and later gas engineer) and his wife, Betty. Edward was apprenticed to Marsden Bros and became a partner. In 1881, he partnered Edwin Cadman (1856-1937), an edge tool ‘manufacturer’, who had been born in the Isle of Man and was the son of a farmer. Colquhoun & Cadman was at Douglas Works, Arundel Street, and sold edge and joiners’ tools, besides skates, pen and pocket knives, and razors (Barley, 20021). In 18....
