Edward Wilshaw

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Sir Edward Wilshaw (1879-1968) was a British businessman, the chairman of Cable & Wireless Communications from 1936 to 1947.

Career

Wilshaw began his career as an ETC apprentice in 1894. He became Chairman of the company in 1936 and was knighted in 1939. During World War 2, Wilshaw employed his friend John Logie Baird to work on developing high-speed facsimile transmission.[1] After the war, the new Labour government of Clement Attlee nationalised the company in 1947, and Sir Edward became President of the new company. He later wrote a memoir of his career in the telecommunications industry.

Family

Wilshaw was born in 1879 and died at his London home on 4 March 1968, aged 88. He was married, with two daughters.[2]

In 1944, his daughter Anne married Flying Officer C.R. Driver, DFM, an RAF officer who had earlier gained fame, in 1939, as one of the very first Allied airmen to be decorated in the Second World War. Ronnie Driver is now also known for being the father of actress Minnie Driver, though from a later relationship.[3]

CS Edward Wilshaw

In 1949, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. built a 313 feet (95 m)/2,522 long tons (2,562 t) cable ship named the CS Edward Wilshaw, the largest cable repair ship when launched in the C&W fleet. Completed at a cost of £300,000 and with a cable capacity of 18,850 square feet (1,751 m2), she was based in: Mombasa during the 1950s; Gibraltar from 1965-70; and the Pacific Ocean from Australia from 1970 to 1979, the year in which she was scrapped.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bob Greenlee. John Logie Baird: The Man Who Invented Television. p. 352. 
  2. ↑ "Sir Edward Wilshaw". Montreal Gazette. 4 March 1968. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Interesting Pictures". Trove. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ "CS Edward Wilshaw". Atlantic Cable. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
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