Editing Birmingham Small Arms Company (section)

====Sparkbrook Royal Small Arms Factory====
In 1906, [[Dudley Docker|Frank Dudley Docker]] was appointed a director of the company. By the autumn of that year BSA was in some difficulty. They had purchased the [[Sparkbrook]] [[Royal Small Arms Factory]] from the War Office, and in return, the War Office undertook to give BSA a quarter of all orders for Lee–Enfield rifles. But, the War Office did not honour their undertaking.<ref>Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (2002). ''Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 49. {{ISBN|0-521-89400-X}}</ref> The ensuing financial crisis did not prevent BSA from signing an agreement to purchase control of bicycle component manufacturer, the Eadie Manufacturing Company of [[Redditch]], on 11 February 1907. That decision was ratified by the shareholders of both companies at separate Extraordinary General Meetings held in the Grand Hotel, Birmingham on 27 February 1907. Albert Eadie became a BSA director, a post he held until his death in 1931.<ref name="Ryerson Barry 1980"/>