Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,649 pages of information and 247,065 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.

Walter Reuben Preston

From Graces Guide

Sir Walter Reuben Preston M.P., director of J. Stone and Co, chairman of Platt Brothers (Holdings), President of Textile Machinery Makers.

c.1876 Born in Blockley son of Reuben Thomas Preston

Apprentice in the GER's Stratford Works

1911 Walter Reuben Preston 35, Director Of Engineering Company (Manufacturer), lived in Melksham, Ella Margaret Preston 33, Bryan Wentworth Preston 6[1]

1918-23 Conservative MP for Mile End

1928-37 MP for Cheltenham

1946 Died in London[2]

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census
  2. National probate calendar
  • The Times July 9, 1946