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Noah Hingley (1796-1877) was an English Industrialist from the Black Country region of the United Kingdom. He started making chain near the village of Cradley. He founded the firm N. Hingley & Sons in 1838 which became a large scale manufacturer of anchors and chains with large works on the Dudley No. 2 Canal at Netherton. He became Mayor of Dudley in 1869 and stood unsuccessfully for parliament in 1874. ==Biography== Noah Hingley was born on 7 March 1796. His parents were Isaac and Ester Hingley. He worked with his father at a forge in Cradley. According to an obituary of one of his sons: ''Noah Hingley was proud to acknowledge that he was born a poor man, and sprang from the ranks of the working-classes, he and his father before him having plied the craft of chain-making in a small factory on the banks of the Stour.'' His first marriage was to Sarah Willetts in 1814. In 1820 he started making chain cable for ships. His second marriage was to Anne Linton Wittington in 1833 In 1838 he set up the firm N. Hingley & Sons. The firm moved to Netherton in 1852 where large scale anchor and chain works were constructed. In addition to being an industrialist and employer, Noah Hingley was a philanthropist supporting education, religion and poor relief in his locality. Noah Hingley became Mayor of Dudley in 1869 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayors of Dudley )〕 and stood as Parliamentary candidate for Dudley in 1874, losing to the long-established sitting candidate Henry Brinsley Sheridan. He died in 1877 and was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Halesowen. His firm carried on, however, firstly under the leadership of his son Benjamin Hingley and then, later, his grandchildren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N. Hingley & Sons Ltd, Washington Street, Netherton )〕 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「Noah Hingley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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