Percy St. George Kirke M.A. (1881-1966) A.M.Inst.C.E., A.M.I.E.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., Member of the Inst. of French Civil Engrs.
1881 March 6th. Born in Reading the son of St. George Mervyn Kirke, Captain in the Royal Engineers, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Werge Howey
Attended Trinity Coll., Cambridge
Pupil, Willans and Robinson, and Bruce Peebles and Co., Ltd.
1904 August 10th. Married Alice Gertrude Gibson-Craig
1911 Living at 5c Montagu Mansions, Marylebone W: Percy St. George Kirke (age 30 born Reading), Consulting Engineer. With his wife Alice Gertrude Kirke (age 35 born Edinburgh) and their son Mervyn Gervase Kirke (age 2 born Pinner, Mddx.). Three servants.[1]
Engaged by the Consulting Engrs. in erection of Scottish Central Elect. Power Station, Bonnybridge, subsequently Eng.-in-Charge.
Chief Engr., British American Tobacco Co., Ltd., at Bristol
Asst. Engr., Avonside Engine Co., Bristol
Managing Director, Bonecourt Waste Heat Boiler Co., Ltd.
Consulting Engr., Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.
Founder, Consulting Engr. and Director of Spencer-Bonecourt, Ltd.
Inventor and patentee of the Spencer-Bonecourt Patent Waste-Heat and Gas-Fired Boilers;
Inventor of Cochran-Kirke Patent Sinuflo Gas Fired, Waste Heat and Super Economic Steam Boilers, Sinuflo Patent Tubes for Air Heaters, Spencer Hopwood Patent Water-Tube Boilers, Sinuflo Patent Superheaters, etc.
1939 Consulting Engr., Cochran & Co. (Annan), Ltd., 34 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1.
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- ↑ 1911 Census