Which weapon of warfare was invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866
Robert Whitehead (Derbyshire) Robert Whitehead (Derbyshire) Robert Whitehead (1856 to 1938) was an English land owner, businessman and Justice of the Peace (1915-1916). He was chairman or director of many business in the area including Cammell Laird shipbuilders, Brodsworth Colliery Staverly Coal and Iron Company and Leeds Forge Company Ltd and many more. He was the 2nd cousin to the Robert Whitehead who invented the torpedo and great-great Grandson of John Kay who invented the Flying Shuttle. In 1901 he took over the Hargate Estate, near the village of Wormhill, Derbyshire, where he lived until he died in 1938. He added massively to
Robert Whitehead Devonport, expressing his hope that the gift "would knock a hole in one of them". He left his fortune to his granddaughter Agathe Whitehead. Whitehead is buried at the Parish Church of St Nicholas, Worth in Crawley, West Sussex. His epitaph reads "His fame was in all nations round about". Kozala Cemetery in Rijeka is home to the Whitehead Family Mausoleum. His children grandchildren by his wife Frances Maria Johnson (1821–1883), daughter of James Johnson and Ann Boville, include: Robert Whitehead Robert Whitehead (3 January 1823 – 14 November 1905) was an English engineer, most famous for developing the first