Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke

English toy construction-kit manufacturer

Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke (27 December 1877 Northampton – 21 October 1953) was the son of Joseph Tom Lowke, a Northampton boilermaker and his wife, Eliza, and is noted for having founded the firm of Bassett-Lowke which specialised in producing construction sets, and model railways, boats and ships. He was married to Florence Jane Jones (9 May 1886 – 8 February 1973) on 21 March 1917.²

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Born Dec 27, 1877, died Oct 21, 1953.¹