John George Graves

John George Graves (1866–1945) was a successful English entrepreneur and public benefactor. He became Sheffield's Lord Mayor and an Alderman in 1926 and he was given Freedom of the City in 1929.[1] He was born in Lincolnshire in 1866 and died in 1945, having settled in Sheffield.

  1. ^ "How the legacy of Sheffield benefactor Graves lives on 150 years since his birth". Sheffield Telegraph. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2021.