From 1878 to 1913 Frederick Nettlefold occupied the White House, Streatham Grove Streatham. (Later renamed Norwood Grove). He took over the property from the co-owner of P and O, Arthur Anderson
His name is remembered today as the "N" for Nettlefold in GKN. Guest Keen and Nettlefold
His son John Frederick Nettlefold Jnr was a glass bottler manufacturer who lived at Five Oaks in Rycroft Road, Streatham
He retired from GKN in 1893 and helped develop Samuel Courtauld's silk and crepe company. He later became a philanthropist
Frederick died in 1913 and is buried at West Norwood Cemetery
Nettlefold Place and Netllefold Hall (now a Picturehouse in West Norwood) are named after him