Arthur Newcombe Rye
Arthur Newcombe Rye (c1878-1966)
Born at Darlington the son of Henry Arthur Rye, an Architect
1904 Married at Duffield to Winifred Nellie Duesbury
1911 Residing at 48 Hanteville, Guernsey: Arthur Rye (age 33 born Darlington), Electrical Engineer - Electricity Supply. With his wife Winifred and daughter Barbara.[1]
1923 Director of the Sherborne Electric Supply Co
1932 Managing Director of Edmundsons' Electricity Corporation.[2]
1939 M.I.E.E. Managing Director, Avon Electricity Meter, Ltd.; Director, Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Co, Ltd., and Lisbon Electric Tramways, Ltd. Private Address: "Woodland", Wellington Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey. Age: 61. Career: City and Guilds; various appointments with elect. supply undertakings; 1920-28, Gen. Manager, Edmundson's Elect. Corp., and 1928-38 Managing Director.