Arthur James Mayne
Arthur James Mayne (1870-1947), electrical engineer
1870 Born in Truro[1], son of James Oates Mayne, auctioneer and general agent, and his wife Louisa[2]
1881 The family was living in Harborne, Birmingham; his father was a gun maker[3]
Educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton
1888 - 1891 Apprenticed to the Electrical Engineering department of G. E. Belliss and Co
Works Manager A. B. Gill and Co electrical engineers, Parliament St, Westminster
1891 formation of partnership New and Mayne, electrical and general engineers, Westminster
Works manager of the works at Woking until 1896
Co-patentee with A. G. New on various electrical patents, particularly switches.
1894 Engineer and subsequently managing director of the Woking Electric Supply Co until 1897
1895 Married Flora Maud Pain at Frimley[4]
1896 The firm of New and Mayne was turned into a limited company
1896 Anthony George New and Arthur James Mayne both were registered as London Electors at 12 Palace Chambers, Westminster[5]
1897 Manager of the electrical contracting department of New and Mayne in London
1897 Retired from the firm when it gave up electrical contracting to concentrate on manufacturing horseless carriages
1899 Electrical engineer to the War Department at Aldershot
1899 Associate of the Inst Elec Engineers
1913 Member of the Inst Elec Engineers, of Wellington Av, Aldershot
1947 Died in Surrey[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- UK, Electrical Engineer Membership Forms, 1871-1901