Samuel Sadler

Sir Samuel Alexander Sadler

Sadler was a chemist by profession and, having studied at the University of London, reputedly under Michael Faraday, he established the successful chemicals business of Sadler and Company Limited based at Middlesbrough – Teesside's first oil and chemicals company.^[1]

He founded the firm in 1869 as a tar distillery and wood distillery. In 1880 he took over the neighbouring company of Jones & Sharp. It became a limited company in 1883 and subsidiary works were opened at Ulverston, Portsmouth, Carlton and Stockton. Products included coal gas, ammonia soda, ammonium sulphate, sulphuric acid, muriatic acid (HCl), nitric acid, caustic soda, sodium dichromate, oxalic acid, benzoles, carbolic acid (phenol), naphtha light oils, creosote, heavy oil, pitch and coke.^[2] The original works closed in 1971.

It was due to the efforts of pioneers such as Sadler that Teesside became established as a leading centre of the

A 434 NRT steamship was named for him in 1876.[4]

Public service

Beside his work as an industrialist, Sadler served on Middlesbrough Council from 1873 and became Mayor on three occasions – 1877, 1896 and 1910.

Two years following his death, a statue commemorating his service to the town was fashioned by Édouard Lantéri and erected by subscription in Victoria Square, Middlesbrough.Middlesbrough, MB03, Statue, Monument to Sir Samuel Sadler There is a photograph in the Frith collection. The statue was temporarily moved in 2004 so that construction could be performed on the square.^[7]

Marriages and Issue

Samuel Alexander Sadler married firstly Rachael Sadler Field (1847–1873), his

In 1874, the year after his wife's death, Sadler married her sister Mercy Sadler Field (b. 1853), by whom he had a further five children.[1]

Ancestors

Further Sources

Record of Sir Samuel Alexander Sadler's parliamentary contributions in Hansard might be viewed on the following link.Mr Samuel Sadler (Hansard)

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