William Black, Baron Black, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Black, Baron Black

British businessman

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1984

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, chief executive officer, coachbuilder

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About William Black, Baron Black

  • William Rushton Black was a coachbuilder born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria on 12 January 1893.After education at Barrow Secondary school and Barrow Technical College he was apprenticed as an engineer to Vickers Ltd in 1908.
  • By 1924 he had risen to become the Works Manager at Vickers Crayford Factory.
  • In 1928 he was appointed General Manager of Weymann motor bodies following their restructuring.
  • In 1934 he moved to Park Royal Vehicles who offered him a seat on the board as well as the general managership.
  • He was appointed Managing Director of Park Royal in 1939.
  • In 1946 he started negotiations with Charles H Roe which led to PRV taking over the Leeds coachbuilding business, and it was 'Bill' Black who secured the merger of Park Royal-Roe with AEC, giving the ACV group some in-house bodybuilding capacity for the first time.
  • During his Managing Directorship of PRV the AEC Routemaster, Bridgemaster and Monocoach integral designs were produced as well as body-on-chassis models and key members of staff were recruited from Bristol Commercial Vehicles and Eastern Coach Works.He became a director of Associated Commercial Vehicles in 1949 and Managing Director in 1958, in the 1958 Birthday Honours Black received a knighthood.
  • having the honour conferred by the Duke of Edinburgh on 14 July 1958.
  • After the death Of Sir Henry Spurrier he became Chairman of Leyland Motor Corporation in 1963.
  • He retired from this post in 1966 after which Donald Stokes became Chairman and Chief Executive of LMC.
  • He was created Baron Black, of Barrow in Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster on 21 June 1968.Lord Black died on 27 December 1985.

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