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George Holt Thomas
George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor. Holt Thomas founded, in 1911, the business which became Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited or Airco.
Son and grandson of successful artists he initially followed his father into ''The Graphic'' and ''Daily Graphic'' newspaper business in 1890, later making his own name and fortune by founding ''The Bystander'' and ''Empire Illustrated'' magazines. Something of a shrewd visionary he turned to aircraft in 1906.
==Background==
George Holt Thomas was the seventh son of William Luson Thomas (1830–1890) and his wife Annie, daughter of John Wilson Carmichael. Born at Hampton House, Stockwell, south London, educated privately and at King’s College School, London he left Queen’s College Oxford in 1890 after two years and without taking a degree. In 1894 he married Gertrude daughter of architect Thomas Oliver of Newcastle upon Tyne, there were no children of the marriage.〔Vincent Orange, ‘Thomas, George Holt (1870–1929)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004〕
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