William Black, Baron Black

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William Rushton Black (12 January 1893 – 27 December 1984) was a coachbuilder born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria on 12 January 1893.[1]

After education at Barrow Secondary school and Barrow Technical College he was apprenticed as an engineer to Vickers Ltd in 1908.

Charles H Roe which led to PRV taking over the Leeds coachbuilding business, and it was 'Bill' Black who secured the merger of Park Royal-Roe with AEC, giving the ACV group some in-house bodybuilding capacity for the first time. During his managing directorship of PRV the AEC Routemaster, Bridgemaster and Monocoach integral designs were produced as well as body-on-chassis models and key members of staff were recruited from Bristol Commercial Vehicles and Eastern Coach Works.[2]

He became a director of

County Palatine of Lancaster on 21 June 1968.[7]

Lord Black died on 27 December 1984.[5][8]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of William Black, Baron Black
Crest
On a chapean Gules turned up Ermine a sedan chair Or.
Escutcheon
Gules two wheels in fess a four-bladed propeller in base and on a chief Or a rose Gules barbed and seeded between two bees volant Proper.
Supporters
Dexter a basset hound, sinister a rhesus monkey, both Proper.
Motto
Per Ardua[9]

His coat of arms are a curiosity, since he was allowed by the heraldic authority to include his dog Fred and the monkey Bimbo. Fred had often escaped from the castle and ran to the nearby

Chessington Zoo in Surrey, where he was regularly collected by the chauffeur in the Rolls-Royce of Lord Black. In the same zoo, of which Lord Black was one of the directors, the monkey Bimbo had escaped once and was only caught after a lengthy hunt. The baron was thankful for the publicity, and concluded that it would be a nice idea to include the pair of animals in his coat of arms.[10]

References

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  2. ^ "Lord Black". Old Barrovians. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 41404". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1958. p. 3511.
  4. ^ "No. 41450". The London Gazette. 18 July 1958. p. 4514.
  5. ^ a b "Grace's Guide".
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  7. ^ "No. 44618". The London Gazette. 21 June 1968. p. 6975.
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  9. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
  10. ^ Article in Der Spiegel No 25/1969 of 16 June 1969 (German).


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