Sir Walter Kent | |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1858 |
Birth Place: | Bloomsbury, London |
Death Date: | 11 November 1938 (aged 80) |
Death Place: | Harrow, London |
Birth Name: | Walter George Kent |
Occupation: | Chairman and Managing Director |
Nationality: | British |
Spouse: | Alice Louisa Kent |
Children: | Son and two daughters |
Sir Walter George Kent CBE (3 August 1858 – 11 November 1938) was a British businessman who was chairman and managing director of the engineering firm George Kent Ltd which was started by his father, George Kent, in 1838. He was appointed a CBE in 1918 and was knighted in 1929 for political services; he was at the time chairman of the Luton Conservative Association.[1]
Kent died following an operation during the Two-Minute Silence on Armistice Day, while in a Harrow nursing home.[2]