Harry Webster

Henry George ( Harry) Webster ( born May 27, 1917 in Coventry, † February 6, 2007 in Kenilworth ) was a British automotive engineer who was instrumental in the development of the Triumph cars of the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Webster in 1932 was set by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry as an apprentice and worked during the Second World War, six years in the aircraft development. In 1957 he was Head of Development at Triumph. In 1967, he became the development director of Leyland Motors, a company that later acquired Standard Triumph. 1968, the year of the merger of British Motor Holdings and Leyland Motors to British Leyland Motor Corporation ( BLMC ), he succeeded Alec Issigonis in the role of Technical Director of BLMC.

Vehicle developments

Webster worked on the TR sports car of triumph, consisting of TR2, TR3, TR4 and TR5. He established contact with the Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti, who developed the design of Herald, Vitesse, Spitfire, 2000, and Stag.

In 1974 he was awarded the title of CBE for his contribution to the development of the British car industry. In the same year he left BLMC to the coupling manufacturer Automotive Products to work with a supplier as Technical Director until his retirement in 1982. He lived since the late 1950s in Kenilworth, where he died in 2007.

• Vehicle designer
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Briton
• Born 1917
• Died in 2007
• Man