Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,689 pages of information and 247,075 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Denis Shipwright

From Graces Guide

Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright (1898-1984)

B. 20 May 1898, London.

Ed.: Lille University; Oxford University.

Worked at Ruston, Proctor and Co, Gwynnes and Aircraft Park, Farnborough;

Despatch Rider R.W.K. 1914 (16 years of age);

Flight Commander R.F.C. 1917; served in France;

1918 Married (1) at Chelsea to Kate Hain and had one son and two daughters

1922 Conservative M.P. for Penryn and Falmouth,

Knight of Grace Order of St. John. Md. Int.: racing motorist, yachting, flying.

1926 Married (2) in France to Christabel Pearl Parkes (1900-1929) and had one daughter.

1934 Married (3) at Kensington to Joy Lillian Marjory Walter - no children

1947 Married (4) to Margaret Ethel Haynes

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