Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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British Gas Council

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July 1945.
November 1947.
1947.

of Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 (1926)

of Gas Industry House, 1 Grosvenor Place, London.

1916 The National Gas Council was established[1]

1916 A National Gas Council had been established, made up of representatives of all the governing bodies of organisations in the gas industry, to deal with matters that concerned the whole of the gas industry.[2]

Together with the British Gas Federation, was said to have a membership representing 90 percent of gas sales.

1934 Move made to expand the research department[3]

1937 Sir David Milne-Watson was president of the National Gas Council[4]

1945 The British Gas Council was founded to oppose nationalisation

1948 After the nationalisation of the gas industry, a new Gas Council was established at the same address

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950, By Robert Millward, John Singleton
  2. The Times, Nov 01, 1916
  3. The Times, May 10, 1934
  4. Glasgow Herald 1937