sentences:  In 1856 Thomas Buggins purchased the business from Henrietta Reed, the widow of George Jeremiah Reed, and the business remained in the Buggins family for four generations, the last being Geoffrey Thomas Edwin Buggins MBE.The business held the Royal Warrant under two chairmen and the team of employees included two exceptionally talented clockmakers, John Vernon and Peter Haward.Many well-known clocks were built and.