J. Leslie Cloudsley
Captain J. Leslie Cloudsley
Chairman and Managing Director, The Cloudsley Eng. Co., Ltd., 13, Queen Anne's Gate, London, S.W.1.
Career:
- Berkhampstead School.
- Apprenticed, W. Parkinson and Co., Ltd., Engineers, Cottage Lane, City Road, E.C.
- Articled 3 years, A. Dougall, M.Inst.C.E.
- Appointed Engineer, Parkinson and Cowan, Ltd.
- Joint Managing Director, Woodall Duckham and Duckham and Cloudsley Ltd.
- 1914-18 Ordnance Mechanical Engineer.
- 1918 seconded to R.A.F. and joined regular Army.
- 1920-23 Captain Ordnance Mechanical Engineer.
- 1924-31 Development Engineer, Lever Brothers.
- 1931 to present time, on development of Friction Roller Transmission (Hayes and Cloudsley patents).