Harvey du Cros | |
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Member of Parliament for Hastings (UK Parliament constituency) | |
Preceded by | Freeman Freeman-Thomas |
Succeeded by | Arthur Du Cros |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 19 June 1846
Died | 21 December 1918 | (aged 72)
Political party | Conservative and Unionist Party |
Spouse | Annie Jane Roy |
Alma mater | The King's Hospital |
William Harvey du Cros (19 June 1846 – 21 December 1918)[1] was a Dublin-born financier who became the founder of the pneumatic tyre industry by supporting development of the innovations of John Boyd Dunlop and mass-producing Dunlop's tyres.
Later in life du Cros was described by the Revue Franco-Anglaise as dapper, below middle height and of robust build with an expressive face and a high forehead. Quite modest and of a retiring disposition his pleasant open face invited friendship and confidence. He seemed to have a ready willingness to listen.[2] Just 65 inches tall[3] and a noted athlete in his youth, he remained an enthusiastic cyclist and a skilful boxer into his middle age.[4]
He was briefly a Conservative Party politician in England.
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