Byron George Clark
- 1863 estimated date of birth
- 1910 Appointed European Director of The United Shoe Machinery Company, a significant U.S. company. Clark's terms of reference were to "Buy or Bust everybody in the shoe machinery business in Europe". Byron accomplished this mission and retired to London in 1920[1].
- 1918 Held shares in various companies including British Electro-Chemists. Chairman of the Hubert Eyelet Company[2].
- 1919 Purchased 640 shares in Plessey Co[3].
- 1921 Living at Netherhall Park Mansions, Hampstead[4]. Also lived at Theale, near Reading, during the summer and commuted to London. During these journeys, made friends with Mr Watsham (who owned an electrical contracting business in Covent Garden, London) and Mr McCullum (who worked for Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co).
- 1921 Introduced his son, Allen George Clark, to William Oscar Heyne, encouraging Heyne to "make an engineer" out of Allen Clark.
- 1922 Founded The British Radiophone Co with Watsham and McCullum. Won an order from Marconi for crystal sets and a valve receiver; the order was sub-contracted to Plessey.
- 1923 Helped raise funds for Plessey's move to new premises at Ilford.
- 1925 Chairman of Plessey Co
- 1927 Handed over chairmanship of Plessey to Henry Morgan
- 1946 Died, aged 83, at Birchfield, Middle Green, Langley, Bucks. [5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ A résumé of the history of Plessey, compiled by Hugh Culverhouse
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, Jun 01, 1946