Alfred S. Cheadle
Alfred Stanley Cheadle was a wool merchant in South Australia.
History
Cheadle was born in of Bradford, Yorkshire, a son of Peter Cheadle and Eliza Cheadle, later Mellor,. His father was a manufacturer of woollen goods in Halifax, and the son had extensive experience in the wool trades in the Bradford mill founded by his grandfather, then two years in Roubaix, France.He emigrated to South Australia aboard the clipper City of Adelaide with his mother Eliza Mellor, and step-father James Mellor, arriving 27 June 1880.
He worked for Thomas Elder, first at Beltana station, then for four years with Elder, Smith & Co.
He next worked as Adelaide manager for the wool and produce department of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company.
When that company closed their Adelaide branch in 1895, Cheadle and Roland Strachan took over that business under the style of Strachan, Cheadle & Co., which was taken over by Dalgety & Co., Limited, with Cheadle in charge of the wool department.
He then founded, with Arthur Vivian Crase, the woolbroking firm of Cheadle, Crase & Co., which merged into Bennett & Fisher, Limited in 1919.
Cheadle died after a long illness at Victor Harbor, where he had gone in the hope of a recovery.
Other interests
Cheadle was a member and served as president of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce.He was a member of St. Peters Town Council for some years, and served as mayor 1892–1894.
He served as examiner of woolclassing at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries
Family
Alfred Stanley Cheadle married Margaret Loutit, daughter of Thomas F. Loutit, of Mount Pleasant on 28 January 1886; they had two sons and three daughters:- Thomas Stanley Cheadle married Norah Rivoli Murphy in 1928. He was chairman of directors, Bennett & Fisher, and was champion amateur golfer from age 16.
- Agnes Cheadle married Hugh Paterson Davis on 12 April 1911
- Mary Alison Cheadle married Jefferson Hirst Walker in 1929
- (Frances) Margaret Cheadle BSc. Hons. married Paul McGuire CBE in 1927. She was noted insulin researcher, convert to Catholicism, and prolific author. He was Ambassador to Italy and an authority on maritime history. The Paul McGuire Maritime Library at the State Library of South Australia was established in his memory.
- Peter Roland Cheadle married Jessie Stodart in 1932, lived in Walkerville and were prominent socialites.
Alfred Mellor of Melbourne, Emily Maud Mellor, Charles J. Mellor, and Arthur Mellor, were step-siblings.