Douglas Vickers

Vickers as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1909

Douglas Vickers (1861 – 1937) was an English industrialist and politician. He was the son of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers (1833–1915), owner and Director of the famous Sheffield firm Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd., and Frances Mary Vickers, née Douglas (1841–1904). He became Director of the family business in 1897, and was Master Cutler of Sheffield in 1908. He was elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam in 1918, and held the seat until 1922.

He was married to Katherine Chetwynd, with whom he had four children: Oliver (1898-1928), Felicite (1901- died soon after), Sholto (b. 1902), and Angus (b.1904).

His father, Thomas Edward Vickers, commissioned John Singer Sargent to paint portraits of the family. Douglas' portrait was painted in 1914.

External links

• The story of Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd. from the Tilt Hammer website
• Portrait of Douglas Vickers by John Singer Sargent

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Douglas Vickers

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher	Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam 1918–1922	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

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Name	Vickers, Douglas
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Date of birth	1861
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Date of death	1937
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