Walter George Kent


Sir Walter George Kent CBE was a British businessman who was chairman and managing director of the engineering firm George Kent Ltd which was started by his father, George Kent, in 1838. He was appointed a CBE in 1918 and was knighted in 1929 for political services; he was at the time chairman of the Luton Conservative Association.
Kent died following an operation during the Two-Minute Silence on Armistice Day, while in a Harrow nursing home.