William Royse Lysaght

William Royse Lysaght (23 July 1858 – 27 April 1945) was a English steel manufacturer and collector of bird specimens. Early life Lysaght was born on 23 July 1858, the son of Thomas Royse Lysaght and Emily Lysaght (née Moss). He was the nephew of John Lysaght, the founder of steel manufacturers John Lysaght and Co. Career as steelmaker From 1874 Lysaght worked at the Gospel Oak works in Tipton, learning to produce sheet iron. John Lysaght purchased the Swan Garden ironworks of Wolverhampton in 1878 and William then became its manager, and he also managed the Osier Bed ironworks after that was purchased in 1885.