Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain The Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain was a trade union representing workers in iron- and steelworks, principally in Scotland. The union was founded in Glasgow in 1888 and was originally named the Associated Society of Millmen. John Hodge of the British Steel Smelters Association (BSSA) acted as the union's first secretary, but he stood down a year later, when members elected their own representative, John Cronin. The union grew rapidly, despite charging new members a one-off fee of 5 shillings, membership reaching 3,000 by 1892,
John Bull (businessman) his daughters, Dorothy married John Lenham while Kitty (1732–1805) married the Reverend Charles Smith (1729–1803), the rector of West Stoke in Sussex, who was brother of William Smith, Treasurer of the Ordnance and uncle of both the Venerable Charles Webber, Archdeacon of Chichester, and the Reverend James Webber, Dean of Ripon. John Bull (businessman) Sir John Bull (1672–1742) was a prominent businessman in the City of London trading with the Levant, who served as Sheriff of London. Born about 1672, he was the youngest son of John Bull (1631–1715), a London businessman from Newport, Isle of Wight who was a