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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Henry James Hubert King

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Henry James Hubert King, (1873-1952) M.I.Mech.E. of H. J. H. King and Co

19th November 1873 Born in Boston, USA, the son of Henry James Hogg King

1881 Living at Newmarket House, Horsley, Stroud: Henry James Hogg King (age 36 born Rodborough, Glos.), Engineer and Civil Master employing 8 men and 1 boy. With his wife S. A. E. King (age 39 born Stonehouse, Glos.) and their three children; Margaret E. King (age 9 born Glasgow); Henry J. H. King (age 7 born Boston, USA); and Charles E. King (age 3 born Horsley). Two servants.[1]

Training: Fraser and Chalmers Ltd., Erith, Kent.

1902 Henry James Hubert King married a Mary Susan Schultz (31 Dec 1871-1942) Stroud reg. district.[2]

Inventor of Weighing Machines; Pneumatic Conveying of Coal; Friction Clutches, Malting Machinery, and co-inventor of Slow Banking Device for Collieries.

1936-37 President, 2 years, of Gloucestershire Eng. Soc.

1939 Managing Director and Chairman, H. J. H. King & Co., Ltd., Engrs., Nailsworth.

1952 Died at Cheltenham.


1952 Obituary [3]

THE LATE MR. H. J. H. King.- We have learned with regret of the death of Mr. H. J. H. King, managing director of H. J. H. King and Co., Ltd., Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, which occurred, after a brief illness, on July 21st.



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