Rusham Park. History and development. The story of the new Richardson Vicks Ltd and Vicks International Research & Development Centre in the United Kingdom

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Author(s) Yorke, D A
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1981
Pages 95pp; illus
Publisher The firm
Place Published Egham

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Name Research & development inc operational research

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Name Private collection

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Deals with the history and occupants of an ancient country house at Egham which in 1939 became the wartime headquarters of British American Tobacco Co Ltd. Sold by them in 1953 when acquired by Royal Dutch Shell to become Shell Chemicals' Egham Technical Research Laboratories. In 1979 acquired by Richardson Vicks Ltd to become its International Research & Development Centre and Administrative Headquarters in the UK. Includes much about all three businesses