 Louis Gustave Schwabe, the son of Louis Schwabe, was born in
1867. He married Evelyn (Effie) May on 21 February 1895 at St. Lukes Church, Weaton. Evelyn was the daughter of Thomas May and
Ida Wolff. Louis Gustave died on 28 July 1950 at
The County Hotel, Malvern, Wiltshire. Effie also died at Malvern. The child of Louis and Evelyn is:
- VERA MAY
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Marriage of Louis and Evelyn in The
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Death of Louis in The Times |
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A letter written by Nellie Schwabe to
Randolph Schwabe:
11th January, 1946
"Gustave, after vain attempts to get 10 Herbert Crescent
repaired, has sold it and gone back to Malvern and hopes to get a flat or small
house later on. It's very hard on the poor old things when they have lived
a set life in one spot for so many years" - Paper Mill House, Standon, Herts.
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[Nellie is the daughter of Robert Stephen Schwabe and Kini
Myandera, Robert was Randolph's uncle. She also assisted the artist Edward Le
Bas in running his household]
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| Evelyn (Effie) May Schwabe.
Her sister was Eleanor May whose daughter Nora married
Harry Man. |
Louis Gustav and Evelyn
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Notes: He was painted by Harold Knight, R. A. (1874 - 1961) .
A reference to LGS has been found in the Times of London below (left) where he
appears as a member of the Board of Directors of Belsize Motors (at the very end
of the article). The article is dated Saturday Nov 19, 1910:
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Established in 1901, Belsize Motors was
based in Clayton, Manchester, England. The company was founded by
Marshall & Company and took its name from their Belsize works where
they had built bicycles.
The first cars were actually made in 1897 but were called Marshalls
and were very similar to the French Hurtu, itself a Benz replica.
Agencies were established in London and Dublin and the car gained a
Gold Medal for efficiency at the 1899 London exhibition. A new more
modern four seat model appeared in 1901 with twin cylinder engine
made by Buchet and was the first to carry the Belsize name as the
"Marshall Belsize" and in 1903 the company name was changed to
Belsize Motors and Engineering. In 1906 this changed again to
Belsize Motors Ltd.
Before World War One they were a major player in the United Kingdom
motor industry employing 1200 people and making up to fifty vehicles
a week. A bewildering range of models were made including taxis,
commercial vehicles and fire engines with engines of up to 14.5
Litre capacity.
After the First World War they followed a single model policy at
first with the 15hp of 2798 cc but this was joined in 1921 by the
Belsize-Bradshaw with a 9 hp 1294 cc V-twin engine made by Dorman
and designed by Granville Bradshaw that was partly air and partly
oil cooled. This gained a reputation for being unreliable and was
dropped in 1924. It was replaced by a 1250 cc conventional 4
cylinder model, the 10/20 or RM, and a 1696 cc six the 14/30. The
latter was at last an up to date car with overhead valves, four
wheel brakes and a four speed gearbox but at £415 to £650 it was
expensive when compared with the opposition. It was however, too
late and the company which had been in the hands of the receiver
since 1923 ceased trading in late 1925.
In a fit of madness the company also tried to build a 2496 cc,
straight eight engine but this probably never got past the prototype
stage although it was advertised at £1050.
The main models were:
12hp 1728cc 2 cylinder 1901; 15/20 2860cc 4 cylinder 1904; 18/24
3940cc 3 or 3300 4 cylinder 1906; 24/30 5880 cc 6 cylinder
1906-1908; 40hp 7774 cc 6 cylinder 1908; 60hp 11,724 cc 6 cylinder
1908; 14/16 2543 cc 4 cylinder 1909-1913; 18/22 3000cc 6 cylinder
1910-1913
10/12 1950cc 4 cylinder 1912-1916; 15 2800cc 4 cylinder 1919-23
(enlarged to 3100cc and known as 15/20 in 1923); 9hp
Belsize-Bradshaw 1100cc V2 cylinder 1921-1924; 14/30 1700cc 6
cylinder 1924-25 (also available with 2500cc straight 8 cylinder as
the 20/40)
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