Sir Charles Bruce-Gardner, 1st Baronet (6 November 1887 – 1 October 1960), born Charles Bruce Gardner, was an

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industrialist, specialising in mechanical and aircraft production. Born in

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, he was the son of Henry Gardner and Florence Arliss. Educated at

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and Battersea College of Technology, he was registered as a member of the

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. A director of

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from 1913, he subsequently became chairman of the John Lysaght Group He was also deputy-chairman of the Steel Company of Wales, a director of the

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and

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, and chairman of

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. He later became president of the

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. Appointed an industrial advisor to the

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, as Chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors from 1938 to 1943, he advised on the

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. Changing his name by deed poll on 21 December 1937 to Charles Bruce-Gardner, he was knighted in the 1938 New Year Honours, having the honour conferred on 17 February 1938. He was created 1st Baronet Bruce-Gardner, 'of

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, in the County of Berkshire', on 12 February

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Entry at The Peerage
Businesspeople from London Alumni of the University of Surrey Businesspeople awarded knighthoods Knights Bachelor Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1887 births 1960 deaths 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-stub