Henry Allcard (1816-1880) was born in Sheffield, the son of James Allcard (a joiner) and his wife, Dinah.  In about 1845, Henry partnered William N. Edgill in Allcard & Edgill, which sold scissors, razors, and surgical instruments in Union Lane.  The partnership ended in 1849.  Henry Allcard & Co then appeared in Sheffield directories as a manufacturer of surgical instruments, trusses, syringes, scissors, and razors, at 214 Rockingham Street – the same address as his father’s building business.  Henry prospered and by the 1860s was living in Collegiate Crescent.  By 1876, he had apparently retired.  Henry Allcard died on 6 February 1880, aged 63, and was buried in unconsecrated ground in the General Cemetery.  He had been a prominent Methodist (Brunswick Circuit).  He left under £30,000.  His son, William Henry Allcard, partnered Joseph Ridge, before taking over the electro-plate and cutlery business of Arthur Culf & Co in Charlotte Street.  Allcard registered a silver mark (W.H.A.) under the Culf name in 1891, but the enterprise was soon known as Allcard & Co during the 1890s.