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CodeDS/UK/9011
NameThomas; Lord; William Miles Webster (1897-1980); Baron Thomas of Remenham; British motor company and airline executive
Dates1897-1980
GenderMale
BiographyWilliam Miles Webster Thomas, Baron Thomas, Lord Thomas of Remenham, known as Sir Miles Thomas, or Lord Thomas, DFC (2 March 1897, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Wales – 8 February 1980, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England) was Managing Director of the Morris Motors, 1940–1947, Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC, later to become British Airways), 1949–1956, Chairman of the merger broker Chesham Amalgamations, and President and Chairman of the National Savings Committee.

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