The Queen's College, Oxford (left without earning degree)
Occupation(s)
newspaper publisher, aircraft manufacturer
Years active
1890–1920
Organization(s)
H.R. Baines and Co. Aircraft Manufacturing Company
Board member of
Birmingham Small Arms Company (for a few days in March 1920)
Spouse(s)
Gertrude, née Oliver
Parents
William Luson Thomas
Annie, née Carmichael
Old Bill
Old Bill
Author(s)
Bruce Bairnsfather
Launch date
1914
End date
1915
Publisher(s)
Holt Thomas in The Bystander
George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) was an aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor. In 1911, Holt Thomas founded the business which became Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited or Airco.
Son and grandson of successful artists, he initially followed his father into The Graphic and Daily Graphic newspaper business in 1890, later making his own name and fortune by founding The Bystander and Empire Illustrated magazines. Something of a shrewd visionary. he turned to aircraft in 1906.
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