Stenhard Ernest Andrew Landale

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OBE JP MIEE (1905–1977) was a British businessman, with a background in electrical engineering and agriculture. He served as Director of William Younger & Co, brewers from 1950 to 1971. He established the company Landale Farms Limited in Scotland. In business he is often referred to as S. E. A. Landale.

Life

He trained as an electrical engineer at

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in London and after some training at Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd. he worked at the Wireless Research facility at

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then from 1930 to 1932 on the design staff of Marconi’s International Marine Company. In 1931 he inherited the impressive property of

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together with the estate of Whitchester nearby. He began lecturing in Engineering Science at

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in 1932. In 1935 he moved to William Younger & Co, brewers in

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as their Technical Director. In 1951 he became full Director of the entire company. In 1939 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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, Maurice Say and

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. In the

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he served as Superintendent Scientist overseeing

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for the

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. He was created a Companion of the

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in 1944 for his services.London Gazette; 2 June 1944 He died at his home at Whitchester in rural

and is buried in the churchyard at

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Family

He was married to Eileen Landale.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landale, Stenhard Ernest Andrew 1905 births 1977 deaths People from Berwickshire Academics of the University of Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish brewers 20th-century British businesspeople 20th-century Scottish businesspeople