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 167,390 pages of information and 246,862 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.

Ivor Cox

From Graces Guide

Sir Ivor Cox ( -1965), of Metropolitan-Vickers


1965 Obituary [1]

Sir Ivor Cox, DSc, DSO (Member), who died recently, was a holder of the Order of the Southern Cross of Brazil. For many years he was with the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., concentrating on the export field and particularly on electrification of the Brazilian Railways. It was for these services he was given this award.

Sir Ivor was greatly concerned with exports before and after the 1939-45 war. He was both. Chairman of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co. Ltd and Managing Director of AEI Overseas Ltd at the time of his retirement. It is with great sorrow we record his death.


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