Sir George Moore Chamberlin (1846–1928) was a prominent Norfolk businessman. The firm of Chamberlin & Sons (created in 1815) owned a large department store in Guildhall Hill in Norwich, as well as a textile factory in Botolph Street which specialised in the manufacture of waterproof clothing.[1][2]
Business career
As well as being managing director of the extensive family firm,[3] which not only ran the huge drapers' and furnishers' shop but also several clothing and carpet factories in the city, he also was director of other business in Norwich, including Norwich Union Life and Fire Offices[4] and the Norwich Electric Tramways Company,[5] as well as businesses in London including Swan & Edgar in Regent Street,[6] and hotels in Bournemouth and Brighton.Шаблон:Citation needed
He was heavily involved in charitable and philanthropic institutions, including the Association of Trade Protection Societies of which he was president for 25 years.[4]
↑Joyce Gurney-Read (1987), amended by Nick Williams (2008), Chamberlins of Norwich, Norwich Heritage Economic & Regeneration Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2015
↑Roger Ryan, "Banking and Insurance", in Carole Rawcliffe, Richard Wilson, Christine Clark (eds), Norwich Since 1550. A&C Black, 2004. Page 383. Шаблон:ISBN
