Noel Mobbs
| Sir Noel Mobbs KCVO OBE | |
|---|---|
 Sir Noel Mobbs KCVO OBE | |
| Born |
1878 Northampton, England |
| Died | 1959 |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Known for | Founder of Slough Estates |
Sir Arthur Noel Mobbs KCVO, OBE (1878 - 1959) was the founder of Slough Estates, one of the United Kingdom's largest property businesses.
Career
Brought up in Northampton, Noel Mobbs was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1] Together with his brother, Herbert, he founded the Pytchley Autocar Company in 1903 to sell private vehicles: the business was later bought by Mercantile Credit.[2] Another of Noel's brothers, Edgar, was a well-known Rugby player.[3]
In 1920 he and Sir Percival Perry acquired Slough Depot, a vehicle park where thousands of disused military vehicles had been abandoned.[2] First they sold the vehicles and then they converted the factories and let them out for industrial use, so establishing the Slough Trading Estate.[2]
He was also keen to establish sporting and social facilities for the people of Slough and in 1928 he bought Stoke Park Golf Club for £30,000 and reformed it.[4] He also established the Stoke Poges Garden which is open to the public[5] as well as the Slough Community Centre which opened in 1936.[4]
He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1948.[6]
Mobbs was an avid bridge player[2] and in 1950 he chaired the British Bridge League.[7] He died in Bournemouth in 1959.[2]
Family
He married Frances.[2] His grandson was Nigel Mobbs, a more recent Chairman of Slough Estates.[8]
References
- ↑ "Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red" by Andrew Underwood, 1981
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stoke Park Club
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Nigel Mobbs Daily Telegraph, 22 October 2005
- 1 2 Slough History
- ↑ Buckinghamshire Literary Map BBC
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38311. p. 3369. 10 June 1948. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ The Great Bridge Scandal By Alan Truscott Page (x) Master Point Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-894154-67-3
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Nigel Mobbs The Independent, 1 November 2005