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Airways expanding its remit from a cross-Channel ferry service to the “all-up Empire air mail”. “Geddes achievements in war were undoubtedly very great. His capacity for hard work, physical and mental, was abnormal: he asked a great deal, but never more than he gave.” [DNB]. Bookseller Inventory #MI15673
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GEDDES
The plural of Ged. The family hear three pike fishes in their arms.
Geddes, Sir Anthony Reay Mackay (1912-), son of Sir Eric Geddes. Chairman of Dunlop Holdings Ltd. (1968-78), President (1978-).
Geddes, Alexander of Glass near Huntly. Went to America as a young man in the nineteenth century, and later became known as the ‘Chicago Grain King’.
Gedde, Alexander (1737-1802) ofRuthven, Banffshire. Theologian, Bible critic and writer. Made a new translation of the Bible for Catholics (1792-1800). He was also a poet.
Gedde, Andrew (1783-1844) of Edinburgh. Painter and etcher.
Gedde, Sir Auckland Campbell, 1st Baron (1879-1954) Surgeon, soldier, professor of anatomy. Cabinet Minister and Ambassador. Sometime Chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co., and first Chairman Imperial Airways. Co. in 1924. British Ambassador to Washington (1920-24).
Gedde, Sir Eric (1875-1937), born in Agra, India, of Scottish parents, brother of Sir Auckland. Presided over, what became known as ‘The Geddes Axe’ committee on National expenditure. Was Director-General of Military Railways (1916-17), and Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (1917). A man of tremendous drive and ability.
Gedde, Ford Irvine (1913-). Chairman, British Shipping Federation (1965-68), and of P & 0 Steam Navigation Co. (1971-72).
Gedde, Jenny, of Edinburgh. A vegetable seller. In 1637, in St Giles she threw a stool at the Dean after the introduction of Land’s new prayer book, and shouted, “Thou false thief, dost thou daur say mass at my lug.”
Gedde, Sir Patrick (1854-1932) ofBallater. Botanist, sociologist and pioneer town planner. Has been described as the ‘Father of modern town planning’, and fifty years ahead of his time. It was he who invented the term ‘conurbation’.
Geddes, Ross Campbell, 2nd Baron, (1907-). Chairman, British Travel Assoc. since 1964. President, Chamber of Shipping of the UK (1968-).