Show o o I People T Talked About I o 6 0 SIR nO ROBERT EnT London social circles are stirred b by bythe bythe the rumor that Lady who before be- be foro fore her marriage was a well known Philadelphia girl Irl Is In Nevada seeking seek seek- ing lug a divorce Sir Robert Hadfield her husband refuses either to affirm the thc stor or deny story Th The e rich richest cs t man manIn manIn Y- Y In Sheffield and andl r ono of tho the richest l' l In England Sir Siry y head of ot Limited was as knighted in 1908 1905 and raised to toa toa a baronetcy in 1917 Born In 1859 he married In V i 1891 1894 Frances Frinces Bett daughter of ot Col CoI i and Samuel M. M Wickersham 0 o f 1 4 Philadelphia and sister of ot George e W w. Wi Wickersham ck c am SI LD During the war wa Lady Hadfield was wa active In nursing wounded soldiers anc and at Jt her instance her husband founded a hospital for Cor or th the British troops at Bou Bou- logne In recognition of her services to the tho woun wounded c and for tor her hospital work Lady HadfIeld was inscribed as asa asa a a. Dame Companion of the Order of th the British empire and appointed as a n. Lad Lady of or Grace of ot tho the Order of SU St John o or of Jerusalem The Tho have no children am and I there Is no heir for Cor their magnificent I country seat seit at house Sheffield Sheffield She She- field or their town residence at Carlton Carlton Carlton Carl- Carl ton house terrace London Sir Hob Robert Robrt rt as chairman of oC Hadfield's Steel Foundry compan company of Sheffield Sheffield- and former Conner master cutler of 01 Sheffield and president of oC its Iron and steel stool in institute institute In- In was appointed member of oC the British munitions Inventions board boar during durins the war and acted in an ad- ad n tv on th tho U u. u n committee o e o of tho the nav navy Te baronet baronci Is a doctor of oC science e a ol ot tho the institutes of ot civil engineers and of mining engineers and Is tho the inventor of ot manganese stoel steel and many other al allay alloy al- al I- I loy lay ste steels ls and metallurgical improve Improve- ments Ltd had s some me notoriety In tho the American press before America entered tho war In connection with bids for navy Inch 16 shells which were considerably below tho the American bl bids lI The Hadfield quotations were defended by bp Charles Schwab on on the ground round of oC special plant equipment |