Lucas Brothers (company)
Lucas Brothers was a major British construction company based in London. It was founded in 1842 by Charles Thomas Lucas and Thomas Lucas, the sons of James Lucas, a builder from St Pancras.
Charles Lucas quickly led important projects, including railway work for Sir Samuel Morton Peto and the rebuilding of Somerleyton Hall. The brothers then set up a base in Lowestoft from which they built railways, stations, the Esplanade, Wellington Terrace, Kirkley Cliff Terrace, St John’s Church, and several hotels.
From 1870, civil engineering work such as rails and bridges was carried out in partnership with John Aird & Co as Lucas and Aird. Lucas Brothers also built for major exhibitions, including the International Exhibition of 1862 and the South Kensington Exhibitions of 1867 and 1871, working with Sir John Kelk.
In 1895, after Charles Lucas died, Lucas Brothers and the Lucas and Aird partnership were dissolved. Charles Thomas Lucas was created a Baronet in 1887. The Lucas family remained prominent, with the title passed down in the family as baronets.
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