Claim: Joseph Cyril Bamford was born 1916 in Staffordshire, he was a businessman and studied at Stonyhurst College.
Evidence: (1916-06-21)21 June 1916
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England Businessman Stonyhurst College 
Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE (21 June 1916 – 1 March 2001) was a British businessman, who was the founder of the JCB company, manufacturing heavy plant. Joseph Bamford was born into a recusant Catholic family in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, which owned Bamfords Ltd, an agricultural engineering business. After attending Stonyhurst College, he joined the Alfred Herbert company in Coventry, then the UK's largest machine-tool manufacturer, and rose to represent the firm in Ghana.