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C. B. Nixon Red res from Leyland

2nd March 1962, Page 52
2nd March 1962
Page 52
Page 52, 2nd March 1962 — C. B. Nixon Red res from Leyland
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(-NNE of the pioneers of the British A../ transport industry, Mr. C. B. Nixon, has retired from the board of Leyland Motors, Ltd., at the age of 85, after contributing so much to the company's rise and expansion for nearly 60 years, Although retiring from active participation in management, he will still continue to attend in an advisory capacity. He has been associated with transport for over 70 years, starting as an engineering pupil at the Harwich locomotive works of the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company in 1892.

In 1899 Mr. Nixon started the Manchester Motor Transport Company on his own account—the first independent road motor haulage business in Manchester— thus gaining valuable operating experience in those pioneering days with a fleet of Coulthard and Leyland steam wagons.

In 1903 he joined Henry Spurrier, the founder of the then young Lancashire Steam Motor Company, as secretary, and three years later was given a scat on the board. Since that time his career has been identified with that of the company and its successor, Leyland Motors, Ltd„ which be has served successively as general manager from 1915, deputy managing director from 1923 and governing director from 1942 to 1956.

Many Associations

Mr. Nixon has been a member of the Council and Management Committee of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders for many years. In 1937 he was vice-president and in 1944 succeeded to the presidency of that important organization. A member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and elected F.R.S.A. in October, 1947, Mr. Nixon was president of the Freston Chamber of Commerce and also president of the Preston and District Engineering Employers' Association in 1946-47.


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