Trevor Lloyd Williams
“The money behind the music”
Name: Trevor Lloyd Williams
Born: 18 July 1859, Deudraeth Castle, Penrhynd, Merionethshire, Wales
Resident: London
Occupation: Solicitor, The first major British investor and registered The Gramophone Company in the United Kingdom in 1898 with William Barry Owen
Loves: Classical music, Law, Travelling, Investing in new inventions from across the pond
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In the very early days of the Gramophone Company Emile Berliner (inventor of flat discs and the gramophone) sent his partner William Barry Owen to London to generate some interest and investors in the gramophone to launch the company. After many months of high profile engagements in London Owen wasn’t having much luck. In a final attempt for investment he gave his young solicitor, Trevor Williams, a gramophone to take home for one evening. Williams was unimpressed by the prospects…
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