Inventor, businessman, public servant, philanthropist.
Charles Cheers Wakefield CBE, 1st Viscount Wakefield was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He preferred the name Cheers, often misrepresented as a nickname, but in fact his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s. In 1899 he founded the Wakefield Oil Company, subsequently changing its name to Castrol. The name Castrol was chosen because of the castor bean oil in the formulation of some of the company's lubricating oils. This title has since become a household name in the United Kingdom and beyond. The Castrol brand lubricants produced by Wakefield's company are used in the engines of motor cars, aeroplanes, and motorcycles. Castrol sponsorship and endorsement contracts are highly sought. A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten's purchase of the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo overseas flight. Wakefield was an alderman, a member of the Court of Common Council, sheriff (1907), and for 1915 and 1916 lord mayor of London. He received a knighthood for services to the City of London. He was involved with a huge number of City institutions and charities, and was a co-founder of the Wakefield Trust with his friend the Reverend "Tubby" Clayton, better known as the founder of the Toc H charity. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent, in 1930, and in 1934 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent. In his day he was one of the most prominent and well-known characters in the town of Hythe. The official Year Book of Hythe Town Council, in its list of Freemen of the Borough, describes him as "Hythe's greatest benefactor." He was created a Freeman of the Borough on May 30, 1930, under the provisions of the 1885 Honorary Freedom of the Boroughs Act. His name appears on many memorial inscriptions in Hythe today, and lives on as the name of one of the town's masonic lodges. Viscount Wakefield is buried at Spring Lane Cemetery, Seabrook within the Borough of Hythe from which he took his Title.
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Charles Cheers Wakefield CBE, 1st Viscount Wakefield was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He preferred the name Cheers, often misrepresented as a nickname, but in fact his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s. In 1899 he founded the Wakefield Oil Company, subsequently changing its name to Castrol. The name Castrol was chosen because of the castor bean oil in the formulation of some of the company's lubricating oils. This title has since become a household name in the United Kingdom and beyond. The Castrol brand lubricants produced by Wakefield's company are used in the engines of motor cars, aeroplanes, and motorcycles. Castrol sponsorship and endorsement contracts are highly sought. A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten's purchase of the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo overseas flight. Wakefield was an alderman, a member of the Court of Common Council, sheriff (1907), and for 1915 and 1916 lord mayor of London. He received a knighthood for services to the City of London. He was involved with a huge number of City institutions and charities, and was a co-founder of the Wakefield Trust with his friend the Reverend "Tubby" Clayton, better known as the founder of the Toc H charity. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent, in 1930, and in 1934 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent. In his day he was one of the most prominent and well-known characters in the town of Hythe. The official Year Book of Hythe Town Council, in its list of Freemen of the Borough, describes him as "Hythe's greatest benefactor." He was created a Freeman of the Borough on May 30, 1930, under the provisions of the 1885 Honorary Freedom of the Boroughs Act. His name appears on many memorial inscriptions in Hythe today, and lives on as the name of one of the town's masonic lodges. Viscount Wakefield is buried at Spring Lane Cemetery, Seabrook within the Borough of Hythe from which he took his Title.
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Inventor, businessman, public servant, philanthropist.
Charles Cheers Wakefield CBE, 1st Viscount Wakefield was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He preferred the name Cheers, often misrepresented as a nickname, but in fact his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s. In 1899 he founded the Wakefield Oil Company, subsequently changing its name to Castrol. The name Castrol was chosen because of the castor bean oil in the formulation of some of the company's lubricating oils. This title has since become a household name in the United Kingdom and beyond. The Castrol brand lubricants produced by Wakefield's company are used in the engines of motor cars, aeroplanes, and motorcycles. Castrol sponsorship and endorsement contracts are highly sought. A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten's purchase of the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo overseas flight. Wakefield was an alderman, a member of the Court of Common Council, sheriff (1907), and for 1915 and 1916 lord mayor of London. He received a knighthood for services to the City of London. He was involved with a huge number of City institutions and charities, and was a co-founder of the Wakefield Trust with his friend the Reverend "Tubby" Clayton, better known as the founder of the Toc H charity. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent, in 1930, and in 1934 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent. In his day he was one of the most prominent and well-known characters in the town of Hythe. The official Year Book of Hythe Town Council, in its list of Freemen of the Borough, describes him as "Hythe's greatest benefactor." He was created a Freeman of the Borough on May 30, 1930, under the provisions of the 1885 Honorary Freedom of the Boroughs Act. His name appears on many memorial inscriptions in Hythe today, and lives on as the name of one of the town's masonic lodges. Viscount Wakefield is buried at Spring Lane Cemetery, Seabrook within the Borough of Hythe from which he took his Title.
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Charles Cheers Wakefield CBE, 1st Viscount Wakefield was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He preferred the name Cheers, often misrepresented as a nickname, but in fact his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s. In 1899 he founded the Wakefield Oil Company, subsequently changing its name to Castrol. The name Castrol was chosen because of the castor bean oil in the formulation of some of the company's lubricating oils. This title has since become a household name in the United Kingdom and beyond. The Castrol brand lubricants produced by Wakefield's company are used in the engines of motor cars, aeroplanes, and motorcycles. Castrol sponsorship and endorsement contracts are highly sought. A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten's purchase of the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo overseas flight. Wakefield was an alderman, a member of the Court of Common Council, sheriff (1907), and for 1915 and 1916 lord mayor of London. He received a knighthood for services to the City of London. He was involved with a huge number of City institutions and charities, and was a co-founder of the Wakefield Trust with his friend the Reverend "Tubby" Clayton, better known as the founder of the Toc H charity. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent, in 1930, and in 1934 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Wakefield, of Hythe in the County of Kent. In his day he was one of the most prominent and well-known characters in the town of Hythe. The official Year Book of Hythe Town Council, in its list of Freemen of the Borough, describes him as "Hythe's greatest benefactor." He was created a Freeman of the Borough on May 30, 1930, under the provisions of the 1885 Honorary Freedom of the Boroughs Act. His name appears on many memorial inscriptions in Hythe today, and lives on as the name of one of the town's masonic lodges. Viscount Wakefield is buried at Spring Lane Cemetery, Seabrook within the Borough of Hythe from which he took his Title.
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