Background
Stokes, Donald Gresham was born on March 22, 1914 in London. Son of Harry Potts and Marie Elizabeth (Yates) Stokes.
Stokes, Donald Gresham was born on March 22, 1914 in London. Son of Harry Potts and Marie Elizabeth (Yates) Stokes.
Graduate mechanical engineering, Harris Institute of Technology, Preston, England, 1933. Doctor of Laws, University Lancaster, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Tech, University Loughborough, 1968.
D.Sci., University Southampton, 1969. D.Sci., University Salford, 1971.
Assistant 1933-1939; military service 1939-1945. Export Manager Leyland Motors 1946-1950, General Sales and Service Manager 1950, Director 1954. Manager Director Leyland Motors Corporation 1963, Chairman 1967.
Manager Director British Leyland Motors Corporation 1968-1973, Chairman 1968-1975, Chief Executive 1973-1975, President British Leyland Ltd. 1975-1980, Consultant 1980-1981. Former Chairman British Leyland United Kingdom Ltd., NV Leyland Industries Belgium S.A., NV British Leyland (Belgium) S.A., British Leyland Motors Inc.
United States of America. Chairman British Arabian Advisory Company Ltd 1977-1985, Two Counties Radio Ltd. 1979-1984 (President 90, Chairman since 1990).
Chairman Jack Barclay Ltd. and Jack Barclay (Service) Ltd. 1980-1990; former Director British Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Ltd., Leyland Motor Corporation of S. Africa Ltd., New Zealand Motor Corporation, Ashok Leyland Ltd. India, Ennore Foundries Ltd.
India, British Leyland Motors Canada Inc., Automoviles de Turismo Hispano Ingleses S.A., Metaliirgica de Santa Ana, British Leyland France S.A., Leyland Motor Corporation (Malawi) Ltd. Director National Westminster Bank Ltd. 1969-1981, OPUS Public Relations Ltd.
85, Scottish and Universal Investments Ltd. since 1980, The DuttonForshaw Motor Group Ltd. 1980-1990 (Chairman 1981-1990), KBH Communications Ltd. since 1985, Beherman Auto-Transports N.V. 1982-1989, The Dovercourt Motor Company since 1982, GWR Group PLC since 1990. Vice-President Empresa Nacional de Auto-camiones S.A. (Spain) 1969-1973.
President 1961, President 1962, Deputy President 1963. President Engineering Employers Federation 1967-1975, Institute of Motor Industry since 1967. Vice-President U.M.I.S.T. 1968, President 1972.
Deputy Lieut, for the Lancashire County Palatine since 1968. Deputy Chairman Industry Reorganization Corporation 1968-1971. Vice-President I.Mech.E. 1971, President 1972.
Cdre. Royal Motor Yacht Club. Poole 1979-1981; Honorary Fellow, Keble College, Oxford 1968. Fellow', Institute of Road Transport Engineers 1968, President 1982-1984.
Officer, Ordre de La Couronne (Belgium). Commander, Ordre de Leopold II (Belgium) 1972. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Lancaster University) Honorary D.Tech.
(Loughborough), Honorary Doctor of Science (Southampton and Salford). United Kingdom Marketing.
Deputy lieutenant for County Palatine of Lancashire. Vice president Institute of Science and Technology, University Manchester, 1968-1972, president, 1972-1975. Lieutenant colonel R.E.M.E., 1939-1945.
Fellow Institute Mechanical Engineers (council, vice president 1971, president 1972), Institute Road Transport Engineers, Institute Civil Engineers, Royal Academy Engineering. Member National Economic Development Committee (chairman electronics committee 1966-1968), Society Motor Manufacturers and Traders (council, president 1961-1962), Worshipful Company Carmen.
Yachting.
Married Laura Elizabeth Courteney Lamb, May 25, 1939 (deceased April 1995). 1 child, Michael Donald. Married Patricia Pascall, 2000.