Sir William George Lobjoit (c1860-1939) of W. J. Lobjoit and Son
1939 Died. 'Sir William George Lobjoit. O.B.E.. J.P., V.M H.. who had been actively associated with the work of the Middlesex County Council for 32 years, died at his home, Oakdene, Wooburn. Bucks, on Sunday. Sir William, who was 79 years of age, became a partner in W. J. Lobjoit and Son, and at the time of his death he was chairman of the firm. He farmed and grew market garden produce on an extensive scale in West Middlesex and took an active part in local government work as a member of the Heston-Isleworth Council from 1898 to 1921 and as a member of the Middlesex County Council since 1907, first as county councillor for Heston and since 1919 as a county alderman. He was appointed on the Commission of the Peace for Middlesex in 1907 and received the honour of knighthood in 1927. From 1920 to 1927 he was controller of Horticulture under the Ministry of Agriculture and he became chairman of the Fruit and Vegetables Committee of the National Farmers Union. He was also chairman of the Agricultural Committee, the Small Holdings Committee, and the Agricultural Education Committee of the Middlesex County Council, and other positions held by him included those of chairman of the Mental Hospitals Committee of the Middlesex County Council, governor of Swanley Horticultural College, member of the Royal Commission on Transport 119291, and member of the Poisons Board (1934). In December 1910. he unsuccessfully contested the Brentford Division as a Liberal.'[1]
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- ↑ West Middlesex Gazette - Saturday 03 June 1939