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Title
Bundle of papers relating to Humphrey Verdon Roe
Reference
YA2010.85/5/8
Production date
1949 - 1995
Scope and Content
17 items, including items relating to Roe's death and funeral; photocopies of Roe's birth certificate, baptism card, marriage certificate, wedding invitation; photocopied photographs; items relating to Roe's involvement with Leatherhead Council.
Extent
17 items
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Roe, Humphrey Verdon Biography Biography
Humphrey Verdon-Roe was an English businessman and philanthropist who served as a lieutenant during both world wars. He was born in 1878 in Manchester. Along with his brother, Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, he founded the A. V. Roe & Co Ltd company in 1910 (also known as Avro), which capitalised on A.V. Roe’s aeronautical inventions and experiments and went on to be of paramount importance to the training of air force officers. In 1918, Humphrey Verdon-Roe married Dr. Marie C. Stopes and together, they opened the first birth control clinic in Britain in London in 1921, the Mothers’ Clinic. Humphrey Verdon-Roe died in 1949.
Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Biography Biography
Botanist and birth control pioneer
Leatherhead Urban District Council Biography Biography
District council in Leatherhead, Surrey. It was incorporated into Mole Valley district council in 1972.

Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the Science and Industry Museum's terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.