Peter Hobbs (engineer)
| Peter Wallace Hobbs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 May 1916 Langton Green, Kent, England, UK |
| Died | 11 April 2008 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | The Skinners' School |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Daphne Drummond |
| Children | 1 son |
| Engineering career | |
| Employer(s) | Royal Engineers, Morphy Richards, Russell Hobbs |
| Significant design | K2 kettle (1960) |
| Significant advance | Automatic kettle - the K1 (1955) Coffee percolator - the CP1 (1952) |
Peter Wallace Hobbs (1916–2008) was an English engineer, and businessman, who with Bill Russell formed the well-known electrical appliance company Russell Hobbs.
He attended The Skinners' School in Royal Tunbridge Wells, where he enjoyed amateur drama. The town is known for the Tunbridge Wells Theatre Company, and he joined the Tunbridge Wells Repertory Players, run by Christopher Fry.
He started work for the Weald Electricity Supply Company (became part of SEEBOARD in 1947) in Kent in the late 1930s. His father had also worked for them.
A year after the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Engineers and trained in Bangalore, and was commissioned as an officer in the Queen Victoria’s Own Madras Sappers and Miners. In the Middle East he joined Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force) where he was an adjutant to the commander of the Royal Engineers in the 6th Indian Division.
After attending the Staff College at Quetta in Baluchistan, British India he was appointed Brigade Major at Sialkot in the Punjab.
Returning to Britain he commanded a field company at the Royal School of Military Engineering then in Ripon in the North Riding of Yorkshire, with rank of Major.
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