Sir Arthur du Cros

Sir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros (1871 - 1955), British industrialist and politician. He was managing director of Dunlop Rubber Company and Unionist member for Hastings. During the First World War, he took an active part in recruiting and provided motor ambulances for the war. He also was involved in munitions production, and the earlier development of aviation and mechanical transport. At one time a civil servant, he preferred a commercial career and with his brothers became a pioneer of the pneumatic tyre industry founded by his father in 1889. He held an appointment in the Ministry of Munitions and was honorary colonel of the 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshires

Cros Dunlop Industrialist Managing Tyres

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