Charles Portway (1828-1909)

Charles Portway, iron stove manufacturer in Halstead, Essex, and inventor of the famous "Tortoise" stove, married Ann Winifred Attfield, his second wife, in 1866.
   The photo is copyright (c) Doreen Potts 2003, from her book "A Look Back at Halstead", page 222, and is reproduced with the author's kind permission.