Oliver Lyle
{{Short description|British sugar technologist}}
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Sir Oliver Lyle, OBE (1891–1961) was a British sugar technologist during the early 20th century.
Early life
Lyle was born in Weybridge, Surrey in 1891 (the year his grandfather, Abram Lyle died), to John Lyle, a sugar refiner and ship owner.{{Cite web
| title =Penmon, St Georges Avenue, Weybridge, Chertsey, Surrey, England
| work = 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
|year = 1891
| access-date = 18 September 2014
| url = http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0004608077
}}{{subscription required|via=Findmypast}} He grew up in Surrey.
Military
During World War I, Lyle was an officer in the Highland Light Infantry.{{London Gazette |issue=29077 |date=19 February 1915 |page=1732 }}
Work at Tate & Lyle
Lyle started work at what had been Abram Lyle's sugar factory at Plaistow when he was 21 and did various manual jobs such as boiling sugar in the refinery pans; in 1921 sugar refiners: Henry Tate & Sons and Abram Lyle & Sons merged to form Tate & Lyle.{{cite web|url=http://www.tateandlyle.co.uk/TateAndLyle/our_business/history/history_timeline.htm|title=Tate & Lyle Home}} Later he and his older brother, Philip, became joint refinery directors. Philip died in 1955.{{cite journal |last1=Whalley |first1=H. C. S. |title=Mr Philip Lyle |journal=Nature |date=17 September 1955 |volume=176 |issue=4481 |page=534 |doi=10.1038/176534a0 |bibcode=1955Natur.176..534D |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/176534a0.pdf |access-date=10 April 2024}} Oliver was now the sole male survivor of the third generation of sugar Lyles. Oliver Lyle was a meticulous record-keeper, as can be seen in his pocketbook, which he carried around with him for over 30 years.{{sfn|Chalmin|1990}}
Other activities
Lyle was an investor in Noel Macklin's Invicta Cars.{{Cite web| title = Invicta goes bust
| author = Andrew English| work = The Telegraph| date = 30 April 2012| access-date = 18 September 2014| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/9236862/Invicta-goes-bust.html}}{{Cite web| title = Bonhams : 1931 Invicta 4½-Litre S-Type Low-chassis Tourer Chassis no. S46 Engine no. 7423| work = Bonhams| access-date = 18 September 2014| url = http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20148/lot/315/}}{{Cite ODNB | title = Sir (Albert) Noel Campbell Macklin (1886–1946), racing motor car and warship manufacturer | last1 = Williams | first1 = Jean | last2 = Williams | first2 = Simon |year = 2013 | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/101214 | hdl= 2086/10570| isbn = 978-0-19-861411-1 }}{{sfn|Baldwin|1994|p=}}
Family
Lyle married Lilian Spicer in Chertsey, Surrey in 1914.{{Cite web
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}}{{subscription required|via=Findmypast}} The couple had five children. Their eldest son, John, went on to work in the family business.
Honours
In 1919, Lyle was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-52300 "Lyle, Sir Oliver"], Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 16 September 2021. In the 1954 New Year Honours, he was knighted for services in promoting fuel efficiency.{{London Gazette |issue=40053|supp=y |date=29 December 1953 |page=2 }}
Publications
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- {{cite book|last=Lyle|first=Oliver |title=The Efficient Use of Steam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o51BAAAAIAAJ|year=1947|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|isbn=9780114101305 |display-authors=0}}{{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=P. S.|title=Food Industry and the Environment|chapter=Management accounting for food industry environmental issues|year=1994|pages=347–398|doi=10.1007/978-1-4615-2097-9_10|isbn=978-1-4613-5872-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Lyle|first=Oliver |title=Technology for sugar refinery workers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raY5AQAAIAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Chapman & Hall|display-authors=0}}
- {{cite book|last=Lyle|first=Oliver |title=The Plaistow Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQIaHQAACAAJ|year=1960|publisher=Tate & Lyle|display-authors=0}}
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See also
{{see also
| Silvertown
| Henry Tate
| Greenock
| The Sugar Girls
| Leonard Lyle, 1st Baron Lyle of Westbourne
| Lyle Hill
| 1954 New Year Honours
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References
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- {{cite book|last=Chalmin|first=Philippe |title=The Making of a Sugar Giant: Tate and Lyle, 1859–1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOPogF8v9-kC&pg=PA1|year=1990|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-3-7186-0434-0}}
- {{cite book|last1=Barrett|first1=Duncan |last2=Calvi|first2=Nuala |title=The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HIJNNAEACAAJ|year=2013|publisher=Ulverscroft Large Print Books|isbn=978-1-4448-1369-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Fairrie|first=Geoffrey |title=The sugar refining families of Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWjtAAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Tate & Lyle}}
- {{Cite news
| title = Incorporated Plant Engineers
| page= 4 col A
| newspaper= Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
| date = 17 January 1953
| access-date = 18 September 2014
| url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19530117/110/0004
| via= British Newspaper Archive
}}
- {{Cite news
| title = Domestic Market
| page= 6 col A
| newspaper= Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
| date = 16 February 1951
| access-date = 18 September 2014
| url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19510216/058/0006
| via= British Newspaper Archive
}}
- {{Cite news
| title = End competition between fuels
| page= 6 col E
| work = Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
| date = 23 January 1953
| access-date = 18 September 2014
| url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19530123/192/0006
| via =British Newspaper Archive
}}
- {{cite book|last=Baldwin|first=Nick |title=A-Z of Cars of the 1920s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDwAPQAACAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Bay View Books|isbn=978-1-870979-53-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Short|first=W. |title=Fuel Economy Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wG18PXfL5xwC&pg=PA242|year=1979|publisher=Graham & Trotman|isbn=978-0-86010-130-7}}
- {{London Gazette|date=6 September 1921|issue=32447|page=7076}}
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120730135449/http://www.thesugargirls.com/a-visit-to-the-tate-lyle-archive/ A visit to the Tate & Lyle archive]}}
- [http://www.gregormacgregor.com/MacGregor/lyle_tree.htm Margaret Macgregor Yorke family tree]
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