Sir Charles Garonne Renold J.P.,

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(29 October 1883 – 7 September 1967) was a British engineer and pioneer of management science. Born in

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, he was the son of Hans Renold, a Swiss-born engineer and businessman. He was Director from 1906 of Hans Renold Limited, the company his father started, later Managing Director (and Deputy Chairman or Chairman) of the Renold and Coventry Chain Company in

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1930–67, which became Renold Chains Limited then Renold Plc. Renold was vice-president of

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, which was to become UMIST and was then part of the

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. During the Great War he offered his services to the government on the Manchester Armaments Committee. A public-spirited civil servant he remained concerned about industrial relations and the fear of sabotage. Like Mather and later Weizmann he was granted an interview by Lloyd George in which he promoted the activities of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Renold deliberately disassociated the workers from extremist peace campaigners in order to promote "the industrial issue". He was a noted expert in industrial administration, and was knighted in 1948 for services to the cause of good management, and the development of humane and progressive ideals in industryLooking Back – The Renold Building, Unilife, vol 3 issue 8, p20, 2 May 200

Tolley, L. J. and Keeble, S. (1985), "Charles Garonne Renold", in ''Dictionary of Business Biography''; Vol. IV, Butterworth, London, pp. 882–6. Renold was educated at Abbotsholme School and

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. He was granted an honorary LL.D. from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1960.RENOLD, Sir Charles Garonne (1883–1967), ''Who Was Who'', A&C Black, 2007 He lived in Heaton Mersey, and latterly in

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. The

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at the University of Manchester is named in his honour.

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