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Byron George Clark
Appointed European Director of The United Shoe Machinery Company, a significant U.S. company. Clark's terms of reference were to "Buy or Bust everybody in the shoe machinery business in Europe". Byron accomplished this mission and retired to London in 1920[1].
Held shares in British Electro Chemists and was also Chairman of the Hubert Eyelet Company[2].
- 1919 Purchased 640 shares in Plessey Co[3].
- 1921 Living at Netherhall Park Mansions, Hampstead[4].
- 1922 Founded The British Radiophone Co with Watsham and McCullum (the latter worked for Marconi).
- 1923 Helped raise funds for Plessey's move to new premises at Ilford.
- 1925 Chairman of Plessey Co
- 1927 Handed over chairmanship of Plessey to Henry Morgan
His son was Allen George Clark
1946 Died aged 83 at Birchfield, Middle Green, Langley, Bucks. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, Jun 01, 1946