FRY  , the name of a well-known See also:

• ENGLISH

English Quaker See also:

• FAMILY

family, originally living in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire . About the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH FRY (1728–1787), a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, settled in See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, where he acquired a large practice, but eventually abandoned See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine for See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . He became interested in See also:

• CHINA

china-making, See also:

• SOAP

soap-boiling and type-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding businesses in Bristol, and in a chemical See also:

• WORKS

works at See also:

• BATTERSEA

Battersea, all of which ventures proved very profitable . The type-founding business was subsequently re-moved to See also:

• LONDON

London and conducted by his son See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund . Joseph Fry, however, is best remembered as the founder of the See also:

• GREAT

great Bristol See also:

• FIRM

firm of J . S . Fry & Sons, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate manufacturers . He See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the chocolate-making patent of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and on it laid the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the See also:

• PRESENT

present large business . After his See also:

• DEATH

death the Bristol chocolate factory was carried on with increasing success by his widow and by his son, JOSEPH See also:

• STORRS, RICHARD SALTER (1821-1900)

STORRS FRY (1767–1835) . In 1795 a new and larger factory was built in See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, Bristol, which still forms the centre of the firm's premises, and in 1798 a See also:

• WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt's See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine was purchased and the See also:

• COCOA

cocoa-beans ground by steam . On the death of Joseph Storrs Fry his three sons, Joseph (1795–1879), See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis, and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard (1807–1878) became partners in the firm, the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control being mainly in the hands of FRANCIS FRY (1803–1886) . Francis Fry was in every way a remarkable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character .

The development of the business to its See also:

• MODERN

modern enormous proportion was chiefly his See also:

• WORK

work, but this did not exhaust his activities . He took a See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PART

part in the introduction of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 1852 See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general English railway See also:

• PARCEL (Fr. parcelle, Ital. particella, Lat. particela, diminutive of pars, part)

parcel service . He was an ardent bibliographer, taking a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early English Bibles, of which he made in the course of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LIFE

life a large and striking collection, and of the most celebrated of which he published facsimiles with See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

bibliographical notes . Francis Fry died in 1886, and his son Francis J . Fry and See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Joseph Storrs Fry carried on the business, which in 1896 was for family reasons converted into a private limited See also:

• COMPANY

company, Joseph Storrs Fry being chairman and all the See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors members of the Fry family .