Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Douglas Seaton

From Graces Guide

Douglas Seaton (1897-1973) Established the British Dominions Car Co

Born at Abergavenny the son of Gervase Douglas Seaton, a Mechanical Engineer, and his wife Victoria Birkmyre

1926 'Douglas Seaton, Managing Director of the British Dominions Car Co. Ltd. Yeovil, on high right, arriving at the Mansion House on February 17th to visit The Lord Mayor of London in the Seaton-Petter Car which was manufactured at Yeovil'[1]

1929 '£20,000 GARAGE SCHEME.— The site in Clarence-street, on which Messrs. Petter's foundry formerly stood, has been acquired with a view to the erection of a garage with a capacity for 100 cars at a cost of £20,000. The scheme is being undertaken in conjunction with a West End firm, and the new garage will be conducted under the name of Douglas Seaton, Ltd.'[2]

1939 Married Dorothy M. Legget

1939 Living at The Garage, Yeovil, Managing Director and Joint Partner Douglas Seaton Ltd Motor Engineer. With Dorothy Seaton.(born 1914).[3]

1965 Douglas Seaton is a Ford dealer in Yeovil.[4]

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. Western Chronicle - Friday 05 March 1926
  2. Dorset County Chronicle - Thursday 07 November 1929
  3. 1939 Census
  4. Central Somerset Gazette - Friday 07 May 1965
  • A-Z of Cars of the 1920s by Nick Baldwin. 1994. ISBN 1 870979 53 2