Sir Frederick Sidney Snow

Martine

13 July 2022, 11:25

Hi cymon William is my second great grandfather my mother is a snow daughter to Albert snow I also have a picture of William snow

Gladys Rose Foley

08 November 2021, 15:14

I made a mistake ,he was my grandfathers nephew , it was his father who was my grandfathers brother. I also have the family on geni.com if you write George Henry Snow born 1874 you will see them

Cymon Snow

30 August 2021, 12:56

He was my grandfather :-)
Hi Sandra - the chauffeur was indeed Crisp - George Crisp, my brother and I called him Uncle Crisp - I remember him give me a smack for sitting in the Rolls Royce and pushing all the electric window buttons at the same time. You are also correct about the cigars - it was a treat for us to light them for him and he got quite upset once when I lit it half way down - "that's a ten bob cigar...". He was also "in" with the politicians of the day, as you say. George Brown was "Uncle George" to me and I have numerous letters between my grandfather, Uncle George, Barbara Castle, Jim Callaghan, Bob Mellish and many more. He was listened to - I have most of his correspondence - he would write to the Chancellor about economic matters, the Foreign Sec about international matters etc.
John - My father, second son, worked in the engineering business but didn't, sadly, run it. It went out of business a year or so after my dad died (1990) - he always said that he was the only one who did any work and we used to say - "yeah, sure dad..." it turns out that he was right :-(
John and Martine - we are cousins of sorts - I don't know what sort - John - perhaps first cousins once removed? - Martine - a bit more distant, but we all share blood.

For those that want to know - his firm built Gatwick airport and many others around the world. His most notable achievement, in my view, was that he designed the floating concrete that was used to make the Mulberry harbours for the D-Day landings - if you go to some of the landing beaches you can still see some of them - not floating anymore.
He held knighthoods in three countries - the UK, France - Chevalier du Legion d'Honneur and Jordan - Order of Istiqial 2nd class, which my father also received.

Martine brophy

21 October 2020, 21:52

Oh wow I’ve just discovered this is my 3rd great uncle

Sandra Webster

01 November 2018, 17:18

Hello I’ve read your request today. My grand parents and father were great friends with ‘Uncle Fred’ and his wife, Ross. They lived in The Knoll in Beckenham as well as a London flat. He gave my mother away at her wedding as her father had died before the event. I remember Fred giving us rides in his Rolls Royce being driven by his chauffeur who I think was called Crisp. My grandparents were very close to him and they went to many lively parties together. I know Fred was very influential in his lifetime and friendly with the leading politicians in the 40s, 50s and 60s. He designed Gatwick and the Kings Way underpass amongst other structures. He was a lively character and always had a big cigar to hand and bought us big bars of Cadbury’s chocolate. I hope you find this interesting.

John McDermont

11 March 2018, 19:33

Sir Frederick Snow is my Great Uncle (my Father’s Uncle). I have some newspaper cuttings from many years ago and a copy of his Who’s Who entry. My Dad said Sir Frederick had two sons, one of whom took over his engineering business which used to have an office in Southwark St. I recall my Dad saying that his Uncle designed an airport in London, not sure whether this was Heathrow or Gatwick, and other airports including Piarcco in Trinidad & Tobago. My Grandmother (Sir Frederick’s Sister) named my Dad after him.