James Shears and Sons [SEP] dissolved or abolished
James Shears and Sons
James Shears and Sons was a firm of London coppersmiths and braziers who were active from c1785 to 1891. The firm was founded by James Shears (c1750-1820) and continued by his two sons Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860) and James Henry Shears (1788–1855) and subsequently by William Shears.
The origins of the company.
James Shears was born in about 1750, the son of Thomas Shears (1709–1778) and Sarah Towers (? – 1766). He was baptised at All
Philip James Shears
Major-General Philip James Shears CB (1887 – 1972) was a senior officer in the British Army.
He was born on 6 April 1887 in Surbiton, Surrey, the only son of James Charles Shears, a mechanical engineer from Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and Beatrice Jane Margaret Dumas. He was also a great-grandson of coppersmith Daniel Towers Shears, a partner of James Shears and Sons.
He went on to serve as Colonel of The Border Regiment (now part of The