Noel Banner Newton
1902 Born 22 February in Sale, Cheshire.
Educated at Manchester College of Technology
Career: with Metropolitan Vickers and Fabbrica Ceirano Automobile Torino, of Italy
Inventor and patentee of the Newton shock absorber, Newton centrifugal clutch, independent suspension, etc.
1934 Director of Newton and Bennett, Ltd., Manchester & London.
1945 Formed Newton (Motor) Products Ltd. to manufacture the Newton Clutch Plate
1946 Formed Power Jacks Ltd. to make various hydraulic apparatus including the Newton "Hydratruck."