John Edward Greaves

John Edward Greaves
Pro-Consul at Berdyansk
In office
15 July 1880 – 10 December 1907
MonarchsQueen Victoria
Edward VII
Vice-Consul at Berdyansk
In office
10 December 1907 – 1921
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Personal details
Born1846
Sheffield
Died18 January 1923
Sheffield
NationalityBritish
ResidenceRussian Empire: 1866-1920
Occupationindustrialist, civil engineer
AwardsOrder of the Crown

John Edward Greaves (Russian: Джон Эдуардович Гривз (Гревз); pre-Revolutionary spelling: Джонъ Грiевз; 1846, Sheffield, England, — January 18, 1923, Sheffield) was the British vice-consul at Berdiansk (now, Ukraine) (1907-1921), industrialist, and the founder of one of the largest European companies manufacturing agricultural machines, 'John E. Greaves and Co' (Russian: "Джонъ Грiевз и К°").