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In 1915, while on leave from the Royal Engineers, Perkins married Susan Gwynneth Gee, the daughter of Hugh Roberts Williams. They had one son and three daughters. Sources and further reading
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After a few years, he moved back to Peterborough with Gwyneth and their young family and began learning the engineering business at his father’s firm, which had become part of the Agricultural and General Engineers (AGE) group. He was personally responsible for developing dairy and sterilising machinery. By 1929, he was works director at another AG...
At that time, diesel engines were popular for agricultural machinery, but considered too big, heavy and slow-running for road vehicles. In 1932, Frank and Charles Chapman agreed that a smaller engine that could fit into private cars, vans and light trucks would have an enormous and expanding market. In June 1932, their new company, F Perkins Ltd, m...
Frank began to handle dealings with potential customers and signed an agreement for Perkins engines to be used in the Commer van. Humber, the manufacturing company responsible for the Commer, became the company’s first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Perkins and Chapman led the company through several financial crises during the early years,...
Frank’s role in the wider engineering industry was recognised with his appointment first as vice-president and then president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). By now he was one of the most influential businessmen in the country, running one of the key companies in the crucial engineering sector. However, in 1959, with the t...
Outside the company, Frank had maintained his interest in agriculture throughout his life, running a small arable farm near Peterborough. He was also active in charity work, particularly with the Peterborough Council of Boys' Clubs, and was made an honorary freeman of the city in 1962. He also served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon...
1959 Massey-Ferguson bought all the shares in F. Perkins Ltd. Frank Perkins remained as chairman until 1962, when he was elected honorary president. 1956-57 President of the SMMT. 1961 His first wife died 1965 Perkins married Maud V. Dixon. Died on 15 October 1967 at Alwalton Hall, near Peterborough.
This Thomas Perkins was born on 22nd November 1827 and married Frances Sharman of Melton Mowbray, born on 10th August 1822. They had four children and lived at Paynes Park in Hitchin.
Perkins was born in Peterborough, the son of John Edward Sharman Perkins, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, and his wife Margaret Charlotte Long. His brother Christopher Perkins became a noted artist, and both boys were educated at Gresham's School , Holt, Norfolk.
Information. 1889: This day saw the birth of Francis (Frank) Arthur Perkins at Clifton Villa, Park Road, Peterborough. His name resonates still throughout twenty-first-century Peterborough - remembered and recognised as the founder and driving force of the company known throughout the world today as Perkins Engines.
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St Andrew, Alwalton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Frank Perkins (20 February 1889 – 15 October 1967) was a British engineer, businessman, creator of the Perkins Diesel Engine, and founder of Perkins Engines Company Limited. I'd caught the first train of the day from Ipswich to Peterborough, and by a quarter to eight I was standing in the lovely precincts of Peterborough Cathedral. The famous ...
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