Background
He was born in April 1872 in the London Borough of Ealing as the son of the shoemaker William Banks Skinner, owner of the company Lilley & Skinner.
He was born in April 1872 in the London Borough of Ealing as the son of the shoemaker William Banks Skinner, owner of the company Lilley & Skinner.
Herbert Skinner entered the management of Lilley & Skinner and in 1903 he imported from France a car of Léon Bolléest In February 1905 Herbert applied for a full patent for a newly developed carburettor, which was granted in January 1906. lieutenant started to produce the originally branded "The Union Carburettor" which was soon renamed "The SU carburettor", being an transcript of "Skinners" Union".
Another of the Skinner brothers, John, became a director of the company around 1913.
George Herbert Skinner did not believe in early schooling.