Richard Lee Philpot (c1863-1918)
1876 Married at Sevenoaks to Emily Louisa Barber
1877 Birth of daughter Emily Winifred Lee Philpot
1893 Charles Sangster joined the New Howe Machine Co, taking a position in the Glasgow works under the banner of R. L. Philpot, a leader who was to exercise great influence on the rising young designer.
The "Philpot group" migrated to the Cheylesmore works of the Coventry Machinists Co.
1895 Richard L Philpot won a case for wrongful dismissal against Rudge Cycle Co[1].
1896 'Richard Lee Philpot, Managing Director Coventry Machinists Co'[2]
1896 October. Swift Cycle Co was floated with Richard Lee Philpot as managing director[3].
1898 Bankrupt. '...B. L. Philpot, of 7, Little Park-street, Coventry, in the county of Warwick, Bicycle Manufacturer. Take notice that a Bankruptcy Notice has been issued against you in this Court at the instance of the Greylingstadt Gold Mining and Exploration Company Limited whose registered office is at Bush-lane House, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, in the city of London, and the Court has ordered that the sending of a sealed copy of the Order by registered post addressed to you at the Craven Arms Hotel, High-street, Coventry, and at 7, Little Park-street, Coventry aforesaid, and the publication of this Notice in the London Gazette and Coventry Times newspapers shall be deemed to be service of the Bankruptcy Notice upon you...'[4]
1903 Birth of son Cecil Lee Philpot (mother unknown)
1906 Divorce from his wife Emily Louisa
1911 Living at 109 Riverview Gardener, Barnes: Richard Lee Philpot (age 48 born Sevenoaks), Manager Motor Trade. With his wife Margaret Eleanor Philpot (age 29 born Manchester).[5]
1918 July 08th. Died, of 132 Ealing Road, Wembly. Probate to Margaret Eleanor Barber, spinster.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Cycle and Motor Cycle Trader - March 22nd 1935 and December 6th 1940