10 Facts About Jack Sangster

John Young Sangster was a British industrialist and philanthropist.

Jack Sangster was an important figure in the British motorcycle industry, where he was involved with Ariel, BSA and Triumph.

Jack Sangster was the second of three sons of Charles Thomas Brock Sangster, an engineer and the owner of Cycle Components Ltd, which in 1902 became known as the motorcycle brand Ariel.

In 1918, Jack Sangster joined the Cycle Components Manufacturing Company, where his father was managing director.

Jack Sangster designed a small low-cost car, which the company began manufacturing.

The car's design was later sold to the Rover Company in Coventry, and Jack Sangster joined Rover to manage the production of the car which became the Rover 8.

Jack Sangster returned to his father's company in 1923, and by 1930 he was joint managing director, but Cycle Components went bankrupt two years later.

Jack Sangster bought most of CC'S assets and started a new company, Ariel Motors, which he developed with some of CC's former designers and engineers, including Val Page, Bert Hopwood, and later Edward Turner.

In 1936, Jack Sangster bought the financially struggling Triumph Motorcycles company, renamed it Triumph Engineering Co.

Jack Sangster joined the board of BSA following the acquisition of Triumph, and after a series of boardroom battles that ousted the previous chairman, Sir Bernard Docker, Sangster became chairman of BSA in 1956.