28-446: Duckham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Duckham (1877–1945), English chemist and businessman Sir Arthur Duckham (1879–1932), English chemical engineer David Duckham (born 1946), English rugby union player Thomas Duckham (1816–1902), English farmer, cattle breeder and Liberal politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
56-1421: A bicycle racer, winning the North Road Cycling Club's 100 Mile Road Race in 1888 and the Westerham Hill climb when he was nineteen. One of the English Team and aged 23 he came third in the first Bordeaux–Paris cycle race in 1891. He worked for Rudge then Harvey Du Cros as manager of his new Dunlop offices in London. In 1892 he married Eleanor Rose Sharp who died in 1914; his second wife, Myra Caroline Martin, whom he married in 1917, had two daughters by him. From 1910 until at least 1922 he resided at Gallops Homestead, Ditchling , Sussex, and from 1912 to 1919, courtesy of his contract with Napiers, he devoted himself to farming. He died 12 February 1940 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. In 1899, he went into partnership with pioneering motorist Charles Jarrott and Herbert Duncan to found De Dion-Bouton British and Colonial Ltd as importers of cars. He had become friends with Montague Napier (of D. Napier & Son ), another keen cyclist, and in 1898 asked Napier to carry out some improvements to his Panhard . In 1899, along with Harvey du Cros , Edge formed
84-431: A boat called Napier I . The 40-foot (12 m) steel-hulled, ' Napier ' speedboat fitted with a 3-blade propeller, achieved 19.3 mph (31.1 km/h). It was driven by Dorothy Levitt , but as both owner and entrant "S.F.Edge" is engraved on the trophy as the winner. The third crew member, Campbell Muir, may also have taken the controls. In May 1905 The Rudder reported that : Edge, driving Napier II , won
112-539: A dominant position in supply of lubricants and corrosion inhibitors to the motor industry and other markets. Behind Castrol , by 1967, it was regarded as the largest independent lubricating oil company in the UK and the third largest supplier of engine oil to motorists, producing the first multigrade oil for motorists. To cope with demand, a new manufacturing plant was opened in Aldridge , Staffordshire in 1968, shortly before
140-573: A successful businessman, Duckham was an early aviation pioneer and close friend of cross-channel aviator Louis Blériot – he paid for the stone memorial in Dover marking the place where Blériot landed in 1909 to complete the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, and 25 years later hosted a dinner at London's Savoy Hotel marking the anniversary of the flight. The outbreak of World War I in 1914 heightened
168-480: A team of engineers and chemists to whom he could delegate research work, freeing him to focus on lubricant production. Early customers included car dealer and racing driver Selwyn Edge who called weekly at Duckham's Millwall works for an oil change; Duckham, who bought his first car in 1899, also used to accompany Edge to Brooklands . Yarrow and Lord Fisher subsequently encouraged Duckham to focus on sourcing raw materials for lubricants. From 1905 he helped pioneer
196-497: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexander Duckham Alexander Duckham (11 March 1877 – 1 February 1945) was an English chemist and businessman, best known for the development of machine lubricants . The son of an engineer, after university he specialised in lubrication, working briefly for Fleming's Oil Company before founding his own company, Alexander Duckham & Co, in Millwall in 1899. By
224-656: The Automobile Club 's 1900 Thousand Miles (1600 km) Trial of the Automobile Club on behalf of Edward Kennard ; driven by Edge, with Kennard along, and the 14-year-old St John Nixon as his mechanic, on a circuit from Newbury to Edinburgh and back, she won her class, being one of only thirty-five finishers (of sixty-four starters) and one of just twelve to average the requisite 12 mph (19 km/h) in England and 10 mph (16 km/h) in Scotland. He did
252-410: The surname Duckham . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duckham&oldid=957864138 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
280-694: The 1903 Gordon Bennett, Edge had an 80 hp (60 kW) Napier, the Type K5, but was disqualified. Edge (with Arthur McDonald , manager of Napiers' Genoa factory, as riding mechanic) fared no better with the K5 in the 1904 Gordon Bennett in Germany. In 1903 Edge's eye for publicity created a world first when, on 2 October, Dorothy Levitt won her class at the Southport Speed Trials driving his 12 Hp Gladiator , shocking British society as she
308-609: The 1927 Monte Carlo Rally, travelling 1,700 miles (2,700km) in 72 hours without sleep, finishing sixth overall, and winning the Coupe des Dames , for the women's class. His final contribution to motor racing was the inauguration of the Campbell Circuit at Brooklands in 1937. In 1903 Edge won the inaugural British International Harmsworth Trophy for speedboats held on the River Lee, Queenstown, Cork Harbour , Ireland, in
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#1732790630251336-505: The French entrants all fell out). The preparation of the car was hurried with some parts being fitted on the train to Paris. Additionally the second gear had not been hardened properly so, on arriving in Paris, Edge got the gear out, contacted his friend Adolphe Clément (Adolphe Clément-Bayard), borrowed his factory, hardened the gear, reassembled everything, and went on to win the race. At
364-780: The Motor Vehicle Company Ltd to sell these improved cars, made by Napiers (Edge paid £ 400, selling at £500), as well as Gladiators and Clément-Panhards , both manufactured in Paris by Adolphe Clément-Bayard . In 1907 The Sydney Morning Herald reported: "S. F. Edge (1907), Ltd., has been registered at Somerset House, London, with a capital of £275,000, to carry on the business of motor car, cycle, launch, and flying machine manufacturers." He sold his company, S.F. Edge Ltd, to Napier in 1912, for £120,000. The sale included an agreement not to be involved in motor manufacturing for seven years. During this period he devoted himself to farming at Ditchling, Sussex. In 1917 he
392-935: The company was acquired by BP in 1969. Duckhams' Hammersmith site closed in 1979, was acquired by Richard Rogers ' architects practice (today Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners ) in 1983, and was redeveloped to become the Thames Wharf Studios and the River Café . He married Violet Ethel Narraway in 1902, and they had five children, all born in Greenwich: Alec Narraway Duckham (born c. 1904); Millicent A. M. Duckham (c. 1905); Joan Ethel Duckham (c. 1906); Jack Eliot Duckham (c. 1908); and Ruth Edith Duckham (born 1918). The family lived for some years from 1907 in Vanbrugh Castle , close to Greenwich Park . In 1920, Duckham donated
420-533: The company was taken over by BP . Duckham was born in Blackheath, London , the second eldest son (his elder brother was Frederick and younger brother Sir Arthur Duckham) of a Falmouth -born mechanical and civil engineer, Frederic Eliot Duckham (1841 - died 13 January 1918 in Blackheath), who had patented improvements in governors for marine engines and invented a 'Hydrostatic Weighing Machine'. His mother
448-617: The contract for purchasing engines for the AC car from Anzani , where he also sat on the board, to Cubitt, who produced what was essentially a copy of the Anzani design. Edge purchased AC cars outright for £135,000 in 1927. When AC collapsed in 1929, Edge sold his interest in the company and took no further business interest in the motor industry. Recognizing the value of publicity gained from auto racing , which no other British marque did, Edge entered an 8 hp (6 kW) four-cylinder Napier in
476-475: The development of the Trinidad oil fields, including a deposit near Tabaquite of high-class crude oil suitable as a base for the preparation of lubricants, establishing a private company, Trinidad Central Oilfields, in 1911. The discovery and development of such lubricants was timely, coinciding with the evolution of internal combustion engines which demanded more advanced lubrication. As well as being
504-458: The focus on mechanical efficiency, and the Duckham company was already established as the highest authority on technological problems in matters of lubrication. The company went public (c. 1920) soon after the war finished, and relocated from Millwall to Hammersmith in 1921. By the time, Alexander Duckham died in 1945 (being succeeded as company chairman by his son Jack), Duckhams had assumed
532-677: The house (and another property, Rooks Hill House in Sevenoaks ) to the RAF Benevolent Fund to be used as a school for the children of RAF personnel killed in service. Vanbrugh Castle was later sold after the number of pupils declined; sale proceeds were used to educate RAF children, with funds later (1997) transferred to a charitable trust, the Alexander Duckham Memorial Schools Trust. Selwyn Edge Selwyn Francis Edge (1868–1940)
560-560: The outbreak of World War I, he was an authority on technological problems relating to lubrication, and the company went public in about 1920, relocating from Millwall to Hammersmith. By the time he died in 1945, Duckhams had assumed a dominant position for the supply of lubricants and corrosion inhibitors to the motor industry in Britain and other markets. A new manufacturing plant was opened in Staffordshire in 1968, and soon thereafter
588-542: The same (with C. S. Rolls his riding mechanic ) at the 837 mi (1350 km) Paris-Toulouse-Paris race in June; the car would be eliminated due to ignition trouble. In the 1901 Paris-Bordeaux race that included the Gordon Bennett Cup , Edge entered a special 17-litre Napier which he was only able to test en route because it had been completed on 25 May, only four days before the event. Montague Napier
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#1732790630251616-584: Was Maud Mary McDougall (1849-1921), sister of John McDougall of the flour-making family, which had a mill at Millwall Dock . His younger brother, Arthur Duckham , became one of the founders of the Institution of Chemical Engineers , and its first President. His elder brother, Frederick, also an engineer, was Director of Tank Design in World War One . Upon leaving university in 1899, Alexander Duckham, who had worked briefly for Fleming's Oil Company,
644-470: Was a British businessman, racing driver , cyclist and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing De Dion-Bouton , Gladiator; Clemént-Panhard , Napier and AC cars. Edge was born in Concord township, near Sydney, on 29 March 1868; his parents were Alexander Ernest Edge and Annie Charlotte Sharp. At age three, he was taken to London where in his teens he competed successfully as
672-582: Was appointed controller of the agricultural machinery department of the Ministry of Munitions . When the embargo on motor manufacturing expired in 1919 he started to build up a shareholding in AC Cars , gaining full control in 1922. About 1923 Edge was also managing director of William Cubitt & Company, who had entered the car market with the Cubitt marque , but were out of business by 1925. Edge switched
700-498: Was awarded the Dewar Trophy for his drive in top gear in a 60 hp (45 kW) Napier on the route London-Edinburgh-London. In 1922 Edge returned to Brooklands in a Spyker setting a new "Double 12" world record covering 1,782 miles 1,066 yards (2,868 km 693 m) at an average speed of 74.27 mph (119.53 km/h) for the aggregate 24 hours. Edge lent Mrs Victor Bruce an AC Six car (PF6465) which she drove in
728-613: Was encouraged by engineer Sir Alfred Yarrow , who lived nearby (Yarrow occupied Woodlands House in Mycenae Road, Westcombe Park for some years from 1896, close to the Duckham family home in Dartmouth Grove, Blackheath) to specialise in the study of lubrication , and was introduced to engineering firms with lubrication problems. Duckham established Alexander Duckham & Co in Millwall in 1899, and gradually assembled
756-460: Was the first woman, a working secretary, to compete in a 'motor race'. In June 1907 Edge broke the 24-hour distance record, driving a 60 hp (44.7 kW) Napier six, at the newly opened Brooklands track, accompanied by riding-mechanic Joseph H Blackburn.(Born 17 December 1875 D 8 May 1919) He covered 1,581 miles (2544 km), 1,310 yards at an average speed of 65.905 mph (106.06 km/h). This record stood for 18 years. In 1910 Edge
784-478: Was the riding mechanic. The car was too powerful for the Dunlop tyres and fitting new French tyres led to disqualification, since they were not of the same nationality of origin. The car was retired with clutch trouble. For the 1902 Gordon Bennett, Edge's Napier was the sole British entrant; with his cousin, Cecil Edge, as riding mechanic, he won, at an average 31.8 mph (51.2 km/h) (though by default, since
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