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1. www.theguardian.com › business › 2018Pioneering retailer John S Lewis dies – archive, 1963

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   Feb 19, 2018 · Mon 19 Feb 2018 10.24 EST. Mr John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, died on Thursday at his home, Longstock Park, Stockbridge, Hampshire. The elder son of the late John...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_Spedan_LewisJohn Spedan Lewis - Wikipedia

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   John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership . Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed ...

3. www.premierchristianity.com › opinion › john-lewisJohn Lewis’ member-owned business model was the gospel in ...

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   Mar 24, 2023 · John Lewis’ member-owned business model was the gospel in action. John Spedan Lewis was one of many philanthropist business owners birthed by the Victorian era. Whether his desire to create a wealth structure that benefitted all came from a Christian faith or not, there is much to commend it, says George Pitcher.

4. jlpmemorystore.org.uk › content › resourcesJohn Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) - John Lewis Partnership Memory ...

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   Sep 10, 2018 · John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) Constance Lynn, John Spedan Lewis’s secretary and housekeeper from 1928 to 1961, remembers the Partnership’s founder. “We used to work in London during the week and go to Leckford, Mr Lewis’s country house, at the weekends, still working. It was a seven-day-a-week job. We were sometimes expected to work ...

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   Aug 19, 2021 · John Lewis in a family portrait. John was a misanthropic miser. Spedan was kind and gregarious, but only within his family and his business. Socially awkward bosses have a weakness for adopting ...

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6. livesretold.co.uk › lewis-john-spedanJOHN SPEDAN LEWIS: RETAILER & PHILANTHROPIST — LIVES RETOLD

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   John Spedan Lewis, Born 1885 Retailer who gifted his business to his staff. John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership.

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   Who was John Spedan Lewis?

   • On 23 February 1963 the Guardian published this obituary Mr John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, died on Thursday at his home, Longstock Park, Stockbridge, Hampshire. The elder son of the late John Lewis of Oxford Street, he was 77.

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   Who was Spedan Lewis married to?

   • In 1923 Spedan Lewis married Sarah Beatrice Hunter, a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, and a buyer within the company from 1922. They had three children, John Hunter (1924-1932), Jill (1927-1968) and Edward Grosvener (1929-2008). Sarah Lewis became deputy chairman of the company, and remained so until her death in 1953.

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   What is the John Spedan Lewis Foundation?

   • We’re pleased to announce that the John Spedan Lewis Foundation has become part of the John Lewis Partnership Foundation (1118162). The John Lewis Partnership Foundation was previously known separately as the John Spedan Lewis Foundation, John Lewis Foundation and the Building Happier Futures initiative, they will now all have one home and name.

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   Where was John Spedan Lewis buried?

   • In retirement, Spedan Lewis lived at Longstock Park, near the village of Longstock in Hampshire. Upon his death, in accordance with his wishes he was buried at sea. John Spedan Lewis 1885–1963: Remembered by Some of his Contemporaries in the Centenary Year of His Birth with the editor being Hugh Macpherson.

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8. www.heathandhampstead.org.uk › hhs_plaques › john-lewisJohn Lewis and John Spedan Lewis – The Heath & Hampstead Society

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   He died at “Spedan Towers” in Hampstead at the age of 92. John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) was an English business and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. He was the elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London.