Solicitor who founded Robert Styring and Sons, North Church Street. In 1886 he became a Liberal Party Councillor for the St. Peter's ward and later elected an Alderman in 1899. He became Lord Mayor in 1906 - 1907.
He lived at Brinkcliffe Tower (later renamed Brincliffe Towers) which he bought in 1897 and later bequeathed to Sheffield City Council in 1925.
Image from Sheffield and District Who's Who (W. C. Leng and Co., 1905) (page 31) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 920.04274 SST).
Image also published in Sheffield Year Book, 1920 (page 36) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 032.74 SST)
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