Master Cutler
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This article is about the industrial ambassador. For the train service of the same name, see Master Cutler (train).
The Master Cutler is the head of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire established in 1624. His role is to act as an ambassador of industry in Sheffield, England. He is elected by the freemen of the company on the first Monday of September of each year and the position taken in the first Tuesday of October. Despite the title the Master Cutler does not have to be involved in the cutlery business, or even the steel industry, to be elected.
[edit] List of Master Cutlers
Master Cutlers have included:
- 1808 Ebenezer Rhodes
- 1816 Thomas Asline Ward
- 1855 Frederick Mappin
- 1863 Thomas Jessop
- 1867-9 Mark Firth
- 1870 William Bragge
- 1872 Thomas Vickers
- 1911 Arthur Balfour
- 1919 Henry Kenyon Stephenson
- 1935 Samuel Roberts
- 1936 Sir Frederick Pickworth
- 2007 Gordon W. Bridge[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Master of industry, the Sheffield Star, October 3, 2007
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