Henry Grissell

They worked with the major engineers of the time, including Robert Stephenson, Bidder, Walker & Burges, and Sir William Cubitt.

The company made the ironwork for some major bridges, including at the river Nene, Sutton, Lincolnshire, Great Yarmouth, and the Nile in Egypt, as well as works in Portsmouth and Devonport dockyards.

Another brother, Thomas Grissell, was a major public works contractor, with cousin Henry Peto.

After the banking crisis of 1866, Henry closed the foundry and developed his interests in Scandinavian timber.

He died in 1883 at his home in Montagu Square and was interred at West Norwood Cemetery in an elaborate Gothic tomb made of iron, constructed initially for his father.