George Blagden (1873-1929) was born in Sheffield. In the Census (1881), he was living in Cumberland Street with his mother, Ann, and various siblings. Ann was married, but no husband was listed. In 1891, Ann was enumerated as married, but with no spouse; and George was her ‘grandson’.  He was working as a silver spoon and fork finisher. He appeared in a directory in 1925 as a cutler at Duncombe Street. By the following year, George Blagden & Co was trading as a silver finisher at Fitzwilliam Street. However on 25 May 1929, aged 56, he was knocked down and killed on the Manchester Road by a motor car. It was driven by a car salesman with a defective eye, who was demonstrating the vehicle. The coroner recorded a verdict of ‘accidental death’, though he added a rider that the firm ought to have a man with better eyesight to demonstrate their cars (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1 June 1929). George Blagden was buried at City Road.