Bartolomé, Stephen Martin de, 1919 - 2001
Dates
- Existence: 1919 - 2001
Biography
Dr Stephen M. de Bartolomé was the grandson of the eminent Sheffield physician Dr Mariano Alejo Martin de Bartolomé and the son of Admiral Sir Charles Martin de Bartolomé, although at the time of his birth (4th May 1919) his father’s family had left the city. His own father was the third son of Mariano (who had eight children). At one-time a student at Sheffield University, though not taking a degree, he came to Sheffield to work for the tool manufacturing firm Spear and Jackson, of which he became Chairman, and established a notable business career as Chairman or Vice-Chairman in a succession of companies in the Sheffield area: Spear and Jackson, Sheffield; Carlton Holdings, Wakefield; Pegler Hattersley, Doncaster (Vice-Chairman); Clay Cross Co., Clay Cross; Stephenson Blake, Sheffield; Wagon Finance, Sheffield. In addition he was a non-executive Director in the North of England of both the Trustee Savings Bank and the Yorkshire and Lancashire Investment Trust. Other prominent roles in Sheffield included membership of the Council of the University for a full half-century from 1950 onwards, with service on many of the University’s committees; the Cutlers’ Company (as Master Cutler 1962-63); Sheffield Town Trust; Radio Sheffield (Chairman at its commencement in 1967); Yorkshire and Humberside Development Board (Chairman). Honours awarded include a CBE (1979), and the Honorary degree of LL.D, University of Sheffield (1981). His death occurred in August 2001.