Biography of John Swift Holbrook
Member of an old and distinguished American family, John Swift Holbrook continued in his own career the tradition of prominence long associated with the Holbrook name. His father, Edward Holbrook, was president of the famous Gorham Manufacturing Company in the great period of its growth and development. Mr. Holbrook succeeded him in this office and carried on his policies with complete success. The Holbrook family is of English origin, traditionally seated in Dorsetshire. It was founded in America by Thomas Holbrook, son of Sir Thomas Holbrook, of Broadway, Dorsetshire, England, who was born in 1601 and left Weymouth, England, in […]