Sir Harry Benedetto Renwick, 1st Baronet,

KBE KBE may refer to: * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, post-nominal letters * Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain o ...

(13 June 1861 – 7 January 1932) was a British businessman and public servant. An electricity industry executive, during the First World War he was the Director of Feeding Stuffs Department at the

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. Renwick was created a KBE in 1920 "For services in connection with the War" and a Baronet, of Coombe in the County of Surrey, in 1927. Renwick died in 1932. His son

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

succeeded to the baronetcy and was created

Baron Renwick Baron Renwick, of Coombe in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 December 1964 for the businessman and public servant, Sir Robert Renwick, 2nd Baronet. He notably worked for the Air Minis ...

in 1964.

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-216081 {{DEFAULTSORT:Renwick, Henry 1861 births 1932 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Civil servants in the Ministry of Food 20th-century British businesspeople British energy industry businesspeople