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'''Andrew Marsden-Smedley''' (1926-2010) was the early Chairman of the [[Guarantee Company|Severn Valley Railway Company]] (the Guarantee Company).
He was a Director of Carpet Trades Ltd., later ''Gilt Edge'' carpets, one of Kidderminster's carpet companies.<ref>SVR News 54</ref><ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Carpet_Trades Carpet Trades, Grace's Guide to British Industrial History] (Retrieved 2 May 2019)</ref> Gilt Edge used an exhibition train, from which coaches [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open|7511]] and LMS Third Open 9355 (since converted to [[LMS 149 Buffet Car|Buffet Car 149]]) were donated to the SVR. He was a member of the Carpet Industry Training Board.<ref>[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1966-09-03/debates/948b2ebb-9461-420b-be33-7fc352018f4a/TrainingBoards Hansard, 3 September 1966] (Retrieved 2 May 2019)</ref> He also became President of John Smedley, a long-established British knitwear company.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/aug/27/features.magazine47 The Observer, 27 August 2000] (Retrieved 2 May 2019)</ref>
[http://www.thepeerage.com/p49545.htm#i495450 Andrew Bethell Marsden-Smedley on the peerage.com]<br>
[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Carpet_Trades Carpet Trades, Grace's Guide to British Industrial History]<br>
[https://www.johnsmedley.com/discover/british/company-history/ John Smedley webpage]<br>[https://www.macearchive.org/films/kidderminster-story Andrew Marsden-Smedley interviewed in 'The Kidderminster Story', ATV, 1963 via The Media Archive for Central England (MACE)]
