John Kemp Starley (1877-1941) M.I.A.E., F.I.M.T., of J. K. Starley and Co, and the Rover Co
1877 Born in Coventry, first child of John Kemp Starley and his wife Abigail (the first of 6 sons and 4 daughters). See Starley Genealogy
Educated at Coventry and in Germany.
1892 John Kemp Starley (junior) followed his father into the business he had founded.
1901 Asst. Works Manager
1903 Works Manager
1907 Birth of son John Kemp Starley (1907-1971)
1908 Director
1910 General Manager
1911 Living at 8 Manor Road, Coventry (age 34 born Coventry), General Manager, Motor Cycle Co. With his wife (married six years) Florence Ada (age 29 born Swindon) and their children Gwendolen Lilian (age 8 born Coventry) and John Kemp (age 3 born Coventry). Also his sister Mable Starley (age 22 born Coventry). Two servants.[1]
1921 Asst. Mang. Dir.
1923 Appointed Man. Dir.
1926 Became managing director of the Rover Company [2].
1929 retired from Rover
1930 Appointed London Sales Manager Willys Overland Crossley, Ltd.
1932 Started as insurance broker; a Dir. of Evos Doorways, Ltd., London, and W. W. Curtis, Ltd., Coventry
1941 Died
1940/41 Obituary [3]
John Kemp Starley was born in 1877.
He joined the Rover Company at the commencement of his career and remained with them for fourteen years as Assistant Works Manager and later Works Manager. He became a Director of the Company in 1907.
He died in August, 1941, at the age of 64.
He was elected a Member in 1907.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1911 census
- ↑ The Times, 5 March 1926
- ↑ 1940/41 Institution of Automobile Engineers: Obituaries