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John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis , who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square , London.
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- Founder, John Lewis Partnership
- Westminster School
- Oswald Lewis (brother)
19. Feb. 2018 · Mon 19 Feb 2018 10.24 EST. Mr John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, died on Thursday at his home, Longstock Park, Stockbridge, Hampshire. The elder son of the late John...
19. Aug. 2021 · Biography and memoir. Add to myFT. Family Business — the John Lewis family brought to vivid life. Victoria Glendinning’s account of the miserly founder of middle England’s department store —...
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Learn about the origins and evolution of the John Lewis Partnership, a business model based on employee ownership and co-decision making. Find out how John Spedan Lewis, the founder, set the principles and values that guide the Partnership today.
John Spedan Lewis. Oswald Lewis. John Lewis (24 February 1836 – 8 June 1928) was an English businessman and town councillor, known for being the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London [1] and the national John Lewis department store chain.
In 1924, there was a reconciliation between John Lewis and Spedan Lewis. Trade at Oxford Street had fared better, and John Lewis made a cash injection into the Sloane Square business. In 1925, Spedan Lewis devised the slogan 'never knowingly undersold' at Peter Jones.
- 80,000 (2022)
- Westminster, London
- Oxford Street, London (1929; 94 years ago)
It was John Spedan who conceived the idea of a business as a partnership of all its workers, a concept that would have been anathema to his pa although the two men were partly reconciled after Eliza intervened. Founder John Lewis remained in control of the Oxford Street store until he died in June 1928, aged 92, having never fully retired. His ...
