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Elisha Smith Robinson 1817-1885 was the son of a Gloucestershire paper maker Edward Robinson. In 1840 his father threatened to replace him within the family business with a Londoner so he ventured to Bristol with a small loan and within 20 years his own printing and packaging business E. S. & A. Robinson was the largest buyer of paper in the British Empire. He was a staunch Baptist ==Life and Career== Born 1817 in Overbury where his father Edward built Silver Rill House. Apprenticed to his maternal grandfather Rev. Elisha Smith, grocer and Baptist Minister in Blockley and Chipping Camden Founded E. S. & A. Robinson in 1844 1845 First marriage to Elizabeth Ring with whom he had eight children, she died in 1871. Soon after he married Louisa Thomas who died in 1875.〔 〕 Mayor of Bristol in 1866. Elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency) in 1870 but unseated on a technicality. A Justice of the Peace Chairman of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier (now Severn Beach Line) Foundation stone on the front Chipping Campden Baptist Church reads "This stone was laid by Elisha Smith Robinson Esq - of Bristol on the 19th June 1872" President of the Grateful Society in 1880. One of the founders and benefactor to Colston Hall where there is a relief He died in 1885 at Ivy Towers, Sneyd Park, a house he designed. Sermon by Reverend Richard Glover published. Monument at Arnos Vale Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elisha Smith Robinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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