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Harry Probyn (c1861-1926) of GKN
1926 Obituary [1]
HARRY PROBYN died on August 20, 1926, at Edgbaston, at the age of sixty-five.
He was the first secretary of the company of Guest, Keen & Co., and remained secretary when the company was re-formed under the name of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd. He resigned the secretaryship to become a director in 1918.
He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1920.
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