Background
He was born in London to John Sutton Nettlefold who, in 1854, dispatched him to manage the business of Nettlefold and Chamberlain in Birmingham with his brother Edward John and cousin Joseph Chamberlain.
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Joseph Nettlefold
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Nettlefolds Limited was launched as a limited company in 1880 and Nettlefold, by a series of astute mergers and acquisitions, went on to establish a virtual monopoly in the British wood-screw market. Nettlefold was a sober man whose principal interests were technical. Joseph died of apoplexy at his Scottish residence, Allean House, near Pitlochry, Perthshire.
He bequeathed several paintings by David Cox to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, on condition that it open on Sundays.
He left a further £1000 to the King"s Heath and Moseley Institute. Sometime after Nettlefold"s death, Nettlefold & Company was acquired by Arthur Keen"s Guest, Keen & Company to create Guest, Keen and Nettlefold which is, as of 2007, still trading.
Foreign many years, this company has been better known as GKN PLC
Membership
He became a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1860.
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Religion
Roman Catholic