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'''Andrew Marsden-Smedley''' 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 9355 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>
The Guarantee Company was incorporated in 1967 but became the main organisation of the Railway in December 1969 when the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into it. Andrew Marsden-Smedley was Guarantee Company Chairman at that time.<ref>SVR News 16</ref>
At the Guarantee Company AGM on 1 May 1971 [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] was elected to the Board of Directors, and the plans were announced to form the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|Public Company]]. The meeting was then adjourned until later in the year. Before the AGM resumed on 6 August 1971, Mr Marsden-Smedley wrote to the Members as Chairman, recommending that they support a resolution to alter the structure of the Railway Company to enable money to be raised by the issue of shares to enable the southern section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] to be purchased, and also to provide finance for the provision of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], should it be needed. The letter also noted that Mr Marsden-Smedley would be resigning as Company Chairman due to business commitments. The meeting approved the restructuring proposal, with Sir Gerald Nabarro being appointed Chairman at the next Directors' meeting.<ref>SVR News 20</ref>
He died 13 January 2010, aged 83.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p49545.htm#i495450 Andrew Bethell Marsden-Smedley, the peerage.com] (Retrieved 2 May 2019)</ref>
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