Outside the motor industry, his chief interest was farming, through both the development of the Fordson tractor business and a co-operative farming venture at Boreham in Essex known as Fordson Farms.
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After meetings with Henry Ford he formed the Ford Motor Company (England) Limited and later established a manufacturing facility at Dagenham. Additionally, he was Chairman of Ford Motor companies in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Italy, Spain and Sweden. Outside the motor industry, his chief interest was farming, through both the development of the Fordson tractor business and a co-operative farming venture at Boreham in Essex known as Fordson Farms. |
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| In 1902, he married Catherine Meals of Hull; he was appointed CBE in 1917, promoted to KBE in 1918 and raised to the peerage in 1938. He died on 17th June 1956 and as there were no children, the peerage became extinct. However, his adopted daughter Molly was President of the Perry Foundation for several years up to her death in 1984. |
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