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Hugh Silver

Hugh Adams Silver was an English businessman, civil engineer and military officer.

Life
He founded the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works in Silvertown, East London in 1864. He became an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1861. He was responsible for giving ebonite its name. He founded and equipped the 9th (Silvertown) Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps and was its commander with the rank of colonel. From c.1876 he lived in Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, Kent. == Family ==
Family
He was the son of Stephen Winckworth Silver (26 February 1790 - 4 October 1855) founder of S. W. Silver and Company, ==References==
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