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He bought the [[British Marine Aircraft]] Company at Hamble, near Southampton, renaming it [[Folland Aircraft]]. | He bought the [[British Marine Aircraft]] Company at Hamble, near Southampton, renaming it [[Folland Aircraft]]. | ||
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'''1926 Obituary<ref>The Engineer 1926/04/02</ref> | |||
"News was received in this country on Thursday of last week that the death had taken place in Egypt of Mr. Henry Folland, of Llwynderw, Blackpill, Swansea, who was a leading figure in the tin-plate industry of South Wales. Mr. Folland, who was forty-seven years of age, rose from very humble circumstances to the top of the tree. He first obtained employment at the Melyn Tinworks Neath and afterwards went to the Raven Tin-plate Works, Glanamman, where promotion came to him rapidly, and on the death of the manager he | |||
succeeded to that position, later joining the directorate of the undertaking. He subsequently became the | |||
joint purchaser of the Grovesend Works, and secured a controlling interest, in the firm. Other developments followed until he became the head of what was known as the "Folland Group," which included the Grovesend Works, the Gorseinon Works, the Amman, Raven, Dynevor, Cambria, Whitford, Hendy and other works. | |||
Mr. Folland was also interested in colliery enterprises, and in 1920 he was concerned in one of the biggest transactions in the history of the South Wales steel and tin-plate trade, when the Folland Works were amalgamated with [[Richard Thomas and Co]]., of Swansea and Llanelly. He was Vice-president | |||
of the Welsh Tin-plate and South Wales Siemens Steel Associations. | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 12:02, 14 May 2015
Henry Philip Folland (1889–1954) was an English aviation engineer and aircraft designer.
Folland appears in the 1891 Census of Cambridge aged 2, he is living with three sisters, one brother and his parents Frederick and Mary Folland at 2 King Street, Holy Trinity, Cambridge. His father is listed as a Stonemason.
He worked at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough from 1912, where he was the lead designer on the S.E.5 during the First World War. He also designed the Ruston Proctor Aerial Target, an anti-Zeppelin pilotless aircraft to use A M Low's control systems.
He left the Royal Aircraft Factory in 1917, joining the Nieuport and General Aircraft Co as chief designer, designing the Nieuport Nighthawk, which was adopted as a standard fighter by the Royal Air Force but did not enter service owing to the failure of its engine.
1920 Nieuport & General ceased operations
1921 Folland's services were taken up by the Gloster Aircraft Co, who had built Nighthawks under license during the First World War.
He was the chief designer for Glosters for many years, producing a range of successful fighter aircraft, until he left the company in 1937, following the takeover of Gloster by Hawker, feeling that Hawker designs would be favoured over his own.
He bought the British Marine Aircraft Company at Hamble, near Southampton, renaming it Folland Aircraft.
1926 Obituary[1]
"News was received in this country on Thursday of last week that the death had taken place in Egypt of Mr. Henry Folland, of Llwynderw, Blackpill, Swansea, who was a leading figure in the tin-plate industry of South Wales. Mr. Folland, who was forty-seven years of age, rose from very humble circumstances to the top of the tree. He first obtained employment at the Melyn Tinworks Neath and afterwards went to the Raven Tin-plate Works, Glanamman, where promotion came to him rapidly, and on the death of the manager he succeeded to that position, later joining the directorate of the undertaking. He subsequently became the joint purchaser of the Grovesend Works, and secured a controlling interest, in the firm. Other developments followed until he became the head of what was known as the "Folland Group," which included the Grovesend Works, the Gorseinon Works, the Amman, Raven, Dynevor, Cambria, Whitford, Hendy and other works.
Mr. Folland was also interested in colliery enterprises, and in 1920 he was concerned in one of the biggest transactions in the history of the South Wales steel and tin-plate trade, when the Folland Works were amalgamated with Richard Thomas and Co., of Swansea and Llanelly. He was Vice-president of the Welsh Tin-plate and South Wales Siemens Steel Associations.
See Also
- Obituary in The Times, Tuesday, Sep 07, 1954
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/04/02
- [1] Wikipedia