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Charles Garonne Renold

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17: 42:, a Swiss-born engineer and businessman and Mary Susan Herford. He was Director from 1906 of Hans Renold Limited, the company his father started, later Managing Director (and Deputy Chairman or Chairman) of the Renold and Coventry Chain Company in 76:
From the first he was interested above all in problems of industrial management: he worked throughout his career to raise the level of effectiveness of British industrial managers by the example of his own firm, and by the promotion of management
65:. A public-spirited civil servant he remained concerned about industrial relations and the fear of sabotage. Like Mather and later Weizmann he was granted an interview by Lloyd George in which he promoted the activities of the 104:
He was married twice: to Margaret Hilda Hunter (1909 to 1958 – her death), with whom he had four children (Hans, Peter, Penelope and Timothy); then to Noël Mary Garry (1960 to 1966 – her death).
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He was a noted expert in industrial administration, and was knighted in 1948 for services to the cause of good management, and the development of humane and progressive ideals in industry
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Looking Back – The Renold Building, Unilife, vol 3 issue 8, p20, 2 May 2006
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Tolley, L. J. and Keeble, S. (1985), "Charles Garonne Renold", in
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1930–67, which became Renold Chains Limited then Renold Plc.
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at the University of Manchester is named in his honour.
74: 8: 51:Manchester College of Science and Technology 184: 182: 135:2001, Volume:39, Issue 9, p719 – 728, 176:; Vol. IV, Butterworth, London, pp. 882–6. 188:RENOLD, Sir Charles Garonne (1883–1967), 168: 166: 112: 242:People educated at Abbotsholme School 7: 217:20th-century English businesspeople 14: 174:Dictionary of Business Biography 67:Amalgamated Society of Engineers 119:3-5 Feb 1918, C P Scott's Diary 247:20th-century British engineers 63:Manchester Armaments Committee 1: 49:Renold was vice-president of 263: 24:Sir Charles Garonne Renold 141:10.1108/00251740110408737 57:and was then part of the 59:University of Manchester 81:Renold was educated at 232:People from Altrincham 79: 53:, which was to become 20: 192:, A&C Black, 2007 19: 133:Management Decision, 38:, he was the son of 91:Chapel-en-le-Frith 87:Cornell University 83:Abbotsholme School 21: 157:18 April 2007 at 254: 237:Knights Bachelor 202: 199: 193: 186: 177: 170: 161: 149: 143: 126: 120: 117: 262: 261: 257: 256: 255: 253: 252: 251: 207: 206: 205: 200: 196: 187: 180: 171: 164: 150: 146: 127: 123: 118: 114: 110: 99:Renold Building 12: 11: 5: 260: 258: 250: 249: 244: 239: 234: 229: 224: 219: 209: 208: 204: 203: 194: 178: 162: 144: 121: 111: 109: 106: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 259: 248: 245: 243: 240: 238: 235: 233: 230: 228: 225: 223: 220: 218: 215: 214: 212: 198: 195: 191: 185: 183: 179: 175: 169: 167: 163: 160: 156: 153: 148: 145: 142: 138: 134: 130: 125: 122: 116: 113: 107: 105: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 78: 73: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 18: 197: 189: 173: 147: 132: 129:Trevor Boyns 124: 115: 103: 80: 75: 71: 48: 23: 22: 227:1967 deaths 222:1883 births 190:Who Was Who 40:Hans Renold 211:Categories 159:Archive-It 108:References 95:Derbyshire 77:education. 44:Manchester 32:Altrincham 155:Archived 36:England 26:J.P., 55:UMIST 85:and 28:LL.D 137:doi 213:: 181:^ 165:^ 93:, 34:, 139::

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LL.D
Altrincham
England
Hans Renold
Manchester
Manchester College of Science and Technology
UMIST
University of Manchester
Manchester Armaments Committee
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Abbotsholme School
Cornell University
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Derbyshire
Renold Building
Trevor Boyns
doi
10.1108/00251740110408737

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20th-century English businesspeople
1883 births
1967 deaths

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