Jack Sangster [SEP] place of death
Bernard Docker. He then appointed Turner as Chief Executive of the Automotive Division (comprising BSA, Ariel, Triumph, Daimler and Carbodies – makers of London taxicabs). Sangster retired as chairman of BSA in 1961.
He took in two London evacuees, Gordon & Jean Rookledge, in 1944. He declined a peerage in 1962.
Jack Sangster died in Belgravia, London, from cancer on 26 March 1977.
External links.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Sangster, John Young by Barbara M.D. Smith
Jack Sangster
John Young Sangster (29 May 1896 – 26 March 1977) was a British industrialist and philanthropist. More commonly known as Jack Sangster, he became an important figure in the history of the British motorcycle industry, having been involved in the major marques of Ariel, BSA and Triumph.
Early life.
Sangster was born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, the second son of three born to Charles Thomas Brock Sangster, an engineer and the owner of Cycle Components Ltd, better known since 1902 as