Eliza Tinsley

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Eliza Tinsley (1813–1882), was an English businessperson.[1] She was the founder of the Eliza Tinsley Furniture or Eliza Tinsley & Company, Ltd.

She was born in in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, as the daughter of file maker Benjamin Butler (d. 1827) and Ann Shaw (d. 1829). She married Thomas Tinsley. In 1851, she was widowed and inherited the nail-making business from her husband. She developed the company successfully into a great furniture company. In 1871, the company had 4,000 employees producing nails, chains, rivets and anchors.

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  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography