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Charles Basil Nixon

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Charles Basil Nixon

c.1877 Born

1899 Secretary of the Lancashire Steam Motor Co. Registered the Manchester Motor Transport Co

1904 'NIXON, C. Basil, A.M.I.M.E., is managing director of the Manchester Motor Transport Company, Ltd., and a member of the L.P.S.T.A.'[1]

1907 Lancashire Steam Motor Co changed its name to Leyland Motors

1923 Appointed deputy MD

1944-45 President of the SMMT

1957 Retired as chairman of Leyland Motors on his 80th birthday

1962 Retired as director of Leyland Motors

1970 7th July. Died aged 93 years.[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1904 Motoring Annual and Motorists Year Book
  2. ↑ The Times, Friday, Jul 10, 1970
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