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The Founder and first Chairman of the Partnership
The Founder and first Chairman of the Partnership
Creation of the John Spedan Lewis Foundation, 1964
Continuing the work of the Founder The John Spedan Lewis Foundation was established in 1964, one year after the death of ...
John Spedan Lewis
The difficulty in leaving John Lewis
John Spedan Lewis; born into the business in 1885
Family business John Spedan Lewis was born on the 22nd September 1885, in Marylebone, London. He began working at his father’s ...
Memories of Spedan
Not all sweetness and light
The death of Mr John Lewis, 1928
Spedan assumes control of Oxford Street
The First Trust Settlement, 1929
Birth of the Partnership On the 18th April 1929, John Spedan Lewis signed the First Trust Settlement, a document effectively legalising ...
The opening page of the first ever copy of the Gazette
Saturday 16th March 1918
Movers and Shakers
Andy Street: JL Biography
Eliza Baker
Enid Locket
Max Baker
Miss Lorimer, a Peter Jones Buyer in Asia
Mr L.B Smith, Managing Director of John Lewis in South Africa
Mrs Beatrice Lewis
Oswald Lewis
Paula Nickolds
Sir Michael (Metford) Watkins
The Partnership in Paris
Mr John Lewis
The Founder and first Chairman of the Partnership
Subsequent Chairmen of the John Lewis Partnership
Founding fathers
