Lewis, John Spedan

found: His Fairer shares, 1954:t.p. (John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 8 January 2019(John Spedan Lewis; 22 September 1885, Marylebone, London - 21 February 1963, Romsey, Hampshire; English businessman and founder of the John Lewis Partnership; elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London; Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London; assumed control of the Oxford Street store with his father's death in 1928; formed the John Lewis Partnership and began distributing profits among its employees in 1929; transferred control of the company to the employees in 1950 and resigned as chairman in 1955; in retirement, he lived at Longstock Park, near the village of Longstock in Hampshire until his death)

found: The Guardian online newspaper, viewed 8 January 2019:from the Guardian archive, 23 February 1963 (John S Lewis; Mr John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, died on Thursday at his home, Longstock Park, Stockbridge, Hampshire)