{"id":6791,"date":"2025-08-13T17:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/?page_id=6791"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:57:17","slug":"the-company-main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/the-company-main\/","title":{"rendered":"The Company Main"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6791\" class=\"elementor elementor-6791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e1744 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78e1744\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13aa521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13aa521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80d986 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"f80d986\" data-element_type=\"container\"><div class=\"e-con-inner\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27dd3a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27dd3a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>The Dreadnought Casting Reel Company was incorporated on 3<span class=\"s1\"><sup>rd<\/sup><\/span> May 1909 with three shareholders, Percy Frank Wadham, Albert Percy Scott and Arthur Ernest Wadham. Each holding 25 shares, with the aim of buying the patent from Scott and Wadham, manufacturing and marketing the Meteor reel and other fishing related inventions. Arthur Wadham, brother of Percy, was an auctioneer and furniture retailer but as far as I am aware did not fish, make reels or had any other interest in the company other than financially. <a href=\"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/the-company\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c17f87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c17f87\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26cdc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d26cdc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Men<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07fd984 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07fd984\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-437cd84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"437cd84\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd67491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ColorMag-Posts-Block-6\" data-id=\"dd67491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ColorMag-Posts-Block-6.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tg-module-block tg-module-block--style-6 tg-module-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tg-module-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"module-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>Percy Frank Wadham.<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tg-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf5910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acf5910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5be635 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"c5be635\" data-element_type=\"container\"><div class=\"e-con-inner\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89acc7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89acc7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Percy Frank Wadham was born on19th August 1874 at Newport Isle of Wight. Educated at the Portland House Academy in Newport he was apprenticed as a cabinet maker but did not complete his apprenticeship. He changed his career to that of a taxidermist, completing his training with the firm of William Chalkley based at the Square in Winchester, Hampshire. <a href=\"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/percy-frank-wadham\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398c12f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"398c12f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eca39d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ColorMag-Posts-Block-6\" data-id=\"9eca39d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ColorMag-Posts-Block-6.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tg-module-block tg-module-block--style-6 tg-module-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tg-module-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"module-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>Albert Percy Scott.<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tg-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c586517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c586517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70fcd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"c70fcd1\" data-element_type=\"container\"><div class=\"e-con-inner\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6859d4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6859d4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Albert \u201cPercy\u201d Scott was born on 26<span class=\"s1\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> September 1872 in Newport to a typical middle-class family; his father, John William Scott, a tea dealer and draper who would later become an inspector of taxes at the Inland Revenue. <a href=\"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/albert-percy-scott\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c7477 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"39c7477\" data-element_type=\"container\"><div class=\"e-con-inner\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89545d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89545d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dreadnought Casting Reel Company was incorporated on 3rd May 1909 with three shareholders, Percy Frank Wadham, Albert Percy Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6791"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6878,"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6791\/revisions\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/percywadham.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}