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unusual facts about Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside



Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

They had one daughter, Mary (1932-2014), who married Arthur Mole, son of Sir Charles Mole, director-general of the Ministry of Works.

Hinton's department was responsible for the design and construction of most of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields and Dounreay.

During World War II, Hinton was seconded to the Ministry of Supply and became Deputy Director General, running ordnance factory construction and in charge of the Royal Filling Factories.

At 22 he was awarded the William Henry Allen scholarship of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first class honours degree.

Hinton then worked for Brunner Mond,later part of ICI, where he became Chief Engineer at the age of 29.

Royal Academy of Engineering

Sir Barnes Wallis, father of the UK computer industry Sir Maurice Wilkes, and the Fellowship’s first President, Lord Hinton, who had driven the UK’s supremacy in nuclear power.


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