Richard Ronald John Copeland
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Richard Ronald John Copeland Esq. (1884–1958), since 1913 was the president and chairman of the Spode-Copeland firm of bone china manufacturers in Staffordshire.
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[edit] Family & Early Life
Second son of Richard Pirie Copeland and grand son of Alderman W T Copeland. In 1915 Ronald married Ida Copeland Fenzi grand daughter of Sir Douglas Strutt Galton.
[edit] Accomplishments
- Founded the Children's Orthopædic Hospital, Biddulph;
- Member Council of Art and Industry, 1934-1936;
- Member Committee of Pottery Section, Royal Society of Arts;
- Chairman Executive Committee Stoke-on-Trent Children's Convalescent Home;
- President of the North Staffordshire Boy Scouts' Association;
- Freeman of the City of London;
- Prime Warden of Goldsmiths' Company.
- High Sheriff, Staffs, 1939;
- President Staffordshire Society, 1951
- Donor of the Kibblestone Hall Estate in 1954 to the the North Staffordshire Boy Scouts' Association.
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[edit] References & Sources
Sources: Who Was Who 2007,A&C Black, Concise Dictionary of National Biography, Debrett's
