Researching Robert Sharpe
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The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
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Robert Sharpe (railway contractor)
Robert Sharpe (1804-1868) was a prominent contractor on railway projects in England, Wales and Brazil. He was also a noted farmer and stockbreeder on his estate, Hewelsfield Court, in Gloucestershire.
He was born in Grindon, County Durham, England in 1804. He and his brothers John and Paul were later engaged in various railway works in England and Wales including Whiteball Tunnell on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the South Devon Railway and the South Wales Railway. Robert Sharpe also completed works for Gloucester and Deane Forest Railway, Cornwall Railway and the Great Western Railway.
In 1851, Robert had a steam powered flour and grist mill built in Chepstow, between the gas works and the railway embankment. He ran the mill in partnership with Mr. James Ireland, a cornfactor and miller from Bristol, under the name The Chepstow Steam Mill Company. The firm was successful for a number of years, but was sold in 1863 after running into difficulties.
On 8 February 1860, Robert Sharpe & Sons (a partnership between Robert and his two sons Paul Wallace and William John) signed a contract with the San Paulo Railway Company, to build a line between Santos and Jundiahy, via São Paulo, for the agreed sum of £1,745,000. On 1 October 1866 the railway was completed, handed over to and accepted by the company.
Robert Sharpe died on 25 July 1868 at Addlestone, Chertsey, Surrey, aged sixty four. He was buried at St. Margarets, West Hoathly.
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