“ MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, Bart. (1845–1903) , English business magnate, was born on the 1st of March 1845. His father, John Maple (d. 1900) , had a small furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road, London, and his business began to develop about the time that his son entered it. The practical management soon devolved on the younger Maple, under whom it attained colossal dimensions. The firm became a limited liability company, with a capital of two millions, in 1890, with Mr Maple as chairman. ”