Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wyndham Beynon, 1st Baronet CBE (2 December 1864–13 October 1944) was a Welsh iron and steel manufacturer and coal owner.
Beynon was born in Castleton, Monmouthshire. He was educated at Clifton College, after which he went into business and eventually became chairman and managing director of the Ebbw Vale Colliery Company, as well as being a director of a number of other iron, steel and coal concerns. He was also chairman of the South Wales Coal Owners' Association.
During the First World War he served in the Army Service Corps as a Major, commanding the Monmouthshire (Volunteer) Motor Transport. He was also Monmouthshire county director of Auxiliary Hospitals and Voluntary Aid Detachments for the British Red Cross Society.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours for his servives to the Red Cross and was created a baronet in the 1920 Birthday Honours less than three months later for his services to the coal industry.
References
*Obituary, "The Times", 14 October 1944
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