Bernard Docker

1896–1978 (age 82)

Biography

Bernard Docker helped steer the family commercial empire and became a prominent industrialist known for his flair for high society, supporting ventures from automobile manufacturing to transatlantic shipping.

Those who knew him noted his dedication to charitable endeavors and civic causes, and his memorial at the Church of St. James the Less marks the resting place of a man intertwined with Britain’s interwar entrepreneurial spirit.

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