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...would resemble a meeting of the British Cabinet, were it not for the fact that the Bovril board has the honor of including a member of the royal family (addicted to Bovril since Edward VII) but whose name is discreetly withheld. Chairman of the Board is Lord Luke of Pavenham, K. B. E., whose grandfather was Grocer John Johnston. Fellow members are His Grace the Duke of Atholl and that celebrated Tory jurist, Viscount Hailsham, P. C., onetime Lord Chancellor and present Minister of War. If it were conceivable that such names as these needed corroboration to inspire confidence they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Britain's Bottle | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

Married. Frank Richards Ford, 54, president of the L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc.; to Ethelwyn Linnell, J. P., honorary county magistrate; at Pavenham, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 21, 1927 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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