john, beynon, baronet, john, wyndham, beynon, baronet, december, 1864, october, 1944, welsh, iron, steel, manufacturer, coal, owner, john, beynonbt, cbebornjohn, wyndham, beynon, 1864, december, 1864castleton, monmouthshire, walesdied13, october, 1944, 1944, a. Sir John Wyndham Beynon 1st Baronet CBE 2 December 1864 13 October 1944 was a Welsh iron and steel manufacturer and coal owner Sir John BeynonBt CBEBornJohn Wyndham Beynon 1864 12 02 2 December 1864Castleton Monmouthshire WalesDied13 October 1944 1944 10 13 aged 79 Occupation s Iron and steel manufacturer coal owner Beynon was born in Castleton Monmouthshire He was educated at Clifton College 1 after which he went into business and eventually became chairman and managing director of the Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Company as well as being a director of a number of other iron steel and coal concerns He was also chairman of the South Wales Coal Owners Association During the First World War he served in the Army Service Corps as a major commanding the Monmouthshire Volunteer Motor Transport He was also Monmouthshire county director of Auxiliary Hospitals and Voluntary Aid Detachments for the British Red Cross Society He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1917 He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in the 1920 civilian war honours for his services to the Red Cross 2 and was created a baronet of the Coldra in the parish of Christchurch and the County of Monmouth in the 1920 Birthday Honours less than three months later for his services to the coal industry 3 4 He was also appointed Esquire of the Order of St John EsqStJ in 1920 5 promoted to Commander CStJ in 1926 6 and to Knight of Justice KStJ in 1931 7 Escutcheon of the Beynon baronets of The ColdraFootnotes edit Clifton College Register Muirhead J A O p74 Bristol J W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society April 1948 No 31840 The London Gazette Supplement 30 March 1920 p 3761 No 31931 The London Gazette Supplement 4 June 1920 p 6314 No 32035 The London Gazette 31 August 1920 p 8860 No 31972 The London Gazette 9 July 1920 p 7347 No 33287 The London Gazette 24 June 1927 p 4040 No 33728 The London Gazette 23 June 1931 p 4071 References editObituary The Times 14 October 1944 Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet of the Coldra 1920 1944 Extinct nbsp nbsp This Welsh biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This United Kingdom business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir John Beynon 1st Baronet amp oldid 1182508572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
