Arthur Monk
Arthur Monk (c1893-1960) of A. Monk and Co
1960 Obituary [1]
WE record with regret the death of Mr. Arthur Monk, chairman and joint managing director of A. Monk and Co., Ltd., which occurred suddenly last Saturday, January 9.
Mr. Monk, who was sixty-seven, founded the building and civil engineering firm which bears his name as a small private construction firm, in 1920, at Irlam. Since then the company has become one of this country's large contracting firms employing several thousand people and being responsible for many important industrial projects.
Mr. Monk, who was a member of the Institution of Structural Engineers, was keenly interested in local government affairs and had been for many years a Lancashire County Councillor. He was equally interested in national politics and had served for a number of years as chairman of the Newton Division Conservative Association. Furthermore, Mr. Monk gave generous support to numerous good causes. He had recently made a donation of £10,000 to the Manchester College of Technology, where he had received his early training.