BETTS CORPORATE HISTORY - A BRIEF OVERVIEW
written by Dr Christopher J Betts 2006

In 2010 it will be 250 years, and ten generations, since the Betts family started in business - and there has been an environmental theme running right down all those years, although not quite as we would interpret it today. That theme has two principal threads, minerals and biology, and they survive to the present day.    

We should like to share a précis of the story with you and hope you find these pages interesting.  Please click on the dates/links at left to read about that time.

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