Humphrey Verdon Roe

Humphrey Verdon Roe
Born(1878-04-18)18 April 1878
Manchester, England
Died27 July 1949(1949-07-27) (aged 71)
Allegiance United Kingdom
UnitManchester Regiment
Battles / warsBoer War
World War I (RFC)
World War II (RAFVR)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1918; div. 1935)
ChildrenHarry Stopes-Roe
RelationsAlliot Verdon Roe (brother)
Other workBusinessman, Philanthropist, aircraft manufacturer

Humphrey Verdon Roe (18 April 1878 – 27 July 1949) was a British businessman, a philanthropist, aircraft manufacturer and the usually unacknowledged co-founder of Britain's first and most successful birth control clinic along with Marie Stopes, who became his wife. He was the father of the British philosopher Harry Stopes-Roe.