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Family of John Frederic Dobson and Dina Portway

Husband: John Frederic Dobson

  • Name:

  • John Frederic Dobson

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Cleaver Dobson (1839-1899)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Catty (c. 1840-1928)

  • Note 1:

  • DOBSON John Frederic of Glaisters Wrington Somersetshire died 31 August 1947 at Clifton Court Bristol. Probate Bristol 12 January 1948 to Dina Portway Dobson widow. Effects £8444 19s. 1d.

  • Note 2:

  • Professor of Greek at Bristol University.

  • Birth:

  • 1875

  • East Dulwich, Surrey

  • Title:

  •  

  • Professor

  • Birth fact:

  • 1875 (age 0)

  • 1875 Jun Qtr, Camberwell, 1d/680

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 25-26)

  • Schoolmaster, 32 College Road, Dulwich (boarder)

  • Death fact:

  • 1947 (age 71-72)

  • 1947 Sep Qtr, Bristol, 7b/14 (aged 72)

  • Death:

  • 31 Aug 1947 (age 71-72)

  • Clifton Court, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Wife: Dina Portway

  • Name:

  • Dina Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Harry Harvey Portway (1857-1929)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Amy Cook (1860-1914)

  • Note:

  • DOBSON-HINTON Dina Portway of Scole Lodge Nursing Home Scole Diss Norfolk died 3 March 1968. Probate London 2 August. £758.

  • Birth:

  • 1885

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 15-16)

  • Boarder, at school in Bedford

  • Death fact:

  • 1968 (age 82-83)

  • 1968 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/702 (aged 82)

  • Death:

  • 3 Mar 1968 (age 82-83)

  • Scole Lodge Nursing Home, Scole, Diss, Norfolk

Child 1: Richard Portway Dobson

  • Name:

  • Richard Portway Dobson

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note (shared):

  • Sir Richard Portway Dobson, businessman, spent most of his working life in the service of the British-American Tobacco Company, later BAT Industries, which he joined after graduating from Kings College, Cambridge. He represented the company's interests in China for many years up till 1940. After war service in the RAF, he returned to BAT, working in China and then Rhodesia. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in 1962, Vice-Chairman in 1968 and Chairman in 1970, finally becoming President from 1976 to 1979.

    In 1976-77, Dobson also served as non-executive chairman of British Leyland, until he was forced to resign due to controversy over indiscrete remarks which he made at a businessmen's dinner.

    Dobson was knighted in the New Year Honours List 1976.

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  • Birth:

  • 11 Feb 1914

  • 64 Coldharbour Road, Bristol

  • Title:

  •  

  • Sir

  • Death:

  • 24 Oct 1993 (age 79)

  • 20 Devonshire Place, Westminster, London W.1

Note on Husband: John Frederic Dobson (1)

DOBSON John Frederic of Glaisters Wrington Somersetshire died 31 August 1947 at Clifton Court Bristol. Probate Bristol 12 January 1948 to Dina Portway Dobson widow. Effects £8444 19s. 1d.

Note on Husband: John Frederic Dobson (2)

Professor of Greek at Bristol University.

Note on Wife: Dina Portway

DOBSON-HINTON Dina Portway of Scole Lodge Nursing Home Scole Diss Norfolk died 3 March 1968. Probate London 2 August. £758.

Note on Child 1: Richard Portway Dobson - shared note

Sir Richard Portway Dobson, businessman, spent most of his working life in the service of the British-American Tobacco Company, later BAT Industries, which he joined after graduating from Kings College, Cambridge. He represented the company's interests in China for many years up till 1940. After war service in the RAF, he returned to BAT, working in China and then Rhodesia. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in 1962, Vice-Chairman in 1968 and Chairman in 1970, finally becoming President from 1976 to 1979.

In 1976-77, Dobson also served as non-executive chairman of British Leyland, until he was forced to resign due to controversy over indiscrete remarks which he made at a businessmen's dinner.

Dobson was knighted in the New Year Honours List 1976.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography