Robert Pearce Elworthy
British entrepreneur (1845-1925)
Robert Pearce Elworthy (28 March 1845 – 1 April 1925) was a British entrepreneur who, with his brother Thomas, founded R & T Elworthy (АТ «Ельворті Роберт і Томас»), an agricultural enterprise in pre-1914 Russia, with 42 branches throughout the Russian Empire. The business sold agricultural machinery made at its works in Elizabethgrad (later renamed Kirovograd, then Kropyvnytskyi), in Ukraine.
Early life and education
Robert Elworthy was the eldest son of Edward Elworthy (1821–1872), a yeoman farmer of Wiveliscombe, Somerset. He had three brothers and three sisters, all of whom were educated in local schools. In 1865 Robert took out Articles of Apprenticeship with Boston engineers Tuxford & Sons, for a term of three years.
Career in America
In 1868 he left for the United States. A year later he was appointed Inspector of Works by the Baltimore Bridge Company, then engaged in building the Wabash Bridge (St Charles, Missouri). During his three years in the US, Robert invested much of his savings in property, which was to provide the capital for his next enterprise, this time in partnership with his brother Thomas.
Life in Ukraine
Encouraged by the support of Clayton of Clayton & Shuttleworth, agricultural engineers of Lincoln, the brothers established a foundry at Elizabethgrad in Ukraine, where from 1874 onwards the firm of R & T Elworthy manufactured seed drills and threshing machines. as well as importing ploughs and Blackmore oil engines from Germany.
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