Biographical notes

R.W. Perks: From “Son of the Manse”, to “Man of the City”, Owen Covick, Paper presented to the 2009 Conference of the Association of Business Historians: ‘Cities of Business, the Business of Cities’ University of Liverpool Management School 3-4 July 2009

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 1: Parentage, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick January 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 2: Schooldays, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick January 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 3: A Chapter of Beginnings, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick January 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 4: Men and Matters, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 5: Methodist Layman, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 6: At Conference, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 7: The Million Fund and the Methodist Brotherhood, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 8: Member for Louth, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 9: Member for Nonconformity, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

The Life-Story of Sir R. W. Perks, Baronet, Chapter 10: Characteristics, “Denis Crane” (pen-name of Walter Thomas Cranfield 1874-1946) London, C. H. Kelly [prefatory note 1909], Annotated by Owen E Covick February 2025

Family members

Samuel Griffiths (c1813-1881) – R.W. Perks’s “Uncle Sam”, Notes compiled by Owen E. Covick April 2020 to March 2021