Clayton Russon

Sir William Clayton Russon, OBE (30 Yuni 1895 - 16 Afrilu 1968), wanda aka fi sani da sunansa na tsakiya Clayton,  masanin masana'antu ne kuma ɗan kasuwa na Anglo-Welsh.

 Rayuwa ta farko da iyali 
An haifi William Clayton Russon a ranar 30 ga Yuni 1895, ɗan William Clayton russon da matarsa Gertrude Emma, née James . Iyayensa sun mallaki Gartheiniog tsakanin 1921 da 1934. 

Iyalin sun zauna a Selly Park a Warwickshire, amma, bisa ga Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Gertrude Russon tana da kakannin Welsh.

 Ayyuka 
Bayan ya bar Birmingham" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="King Edward VI School, Birmingham">Makarantar Sarki Edward VI a Birmingham, Russon ya kafa kasuwancin rediyo na kansa. A cikin 1932, ya sayi R. & G. Cuthbert, na Waltham Cross, kamfani wanda ke shuka shuke-shuke, musamman fure; a ƙarshen shekarun 1930, kamfanin yana sayar da tsaba kuma a cikin 1940 Russon ya sake shi zuwa Dolgellau, sannan Barmouth sannan Llangollen a cikin c. 1942.  A cewar The Times, Russon da matarsa "ba da daɗewa ba sun yi aiki a cikin umarnin wasiku mai tasowa tare da kyakkyawan suna don inganci da farashi mai tsada";  ya rubuta wani yanki game da aikin lambu ga The Times - "Mista Cuthbert's Column" - wanda ya ci gaba da batutuwa 1,680 har zuwa mako guda kafin mutuwar Russon. 

Yayin da sha'awar kasuwancinsa a Wales ta fadada, Russon ya kara shiga cikin jama'a na kasar. A lokacin da kuma bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ya yi sha'awar sake tsarawa da farfado da masana'antar Welsh musamman. A shekara ta 1939, ya zama shugaban kwamitin ajiyar kuɗi na Merioneth, ya yi aiki har zuwa 1947.

A shekara ta 1944, ya zama shugaban kafa kungiyar masana'antu ta Arewacin Wales, sannan ya zama Shugaban kungiyar masana'antun Wales da Monmouthshire shekaru uku bayan haka. 

 Sanarwa 
A shekara ta 1946, an nada Russon a matsayin memba na Order of the British Empire (MBE); a shekara mai zuwa, ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban farko na Llangollen International Eisteddfod, yayin da yake Babban Sheriff na Merionethshire na shekara ta 1947-48. Ya kasance a Majalisar Wales da Monmouthshire daga 1949 zuwa 1963, kuma a 1952 an inganta shi zuwa Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE). 

A shekara ta 1958 - shekarar da ya zama memba na Kamfanin Ci Gaban Wales (yana aiki na shekaru biyar) - Russon ya zama jarumi saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga rayuwar jama'a ta Welsh. A wannan shekarar ya kuma kasance Shugaban Gŵyl Gwerin Cymru (Festival of Wales). Daga cikin nadin jama'a na karshe shi ne matsayinsa na Babban Sheriff na Merionethshire a karo na biyu a shekarar 1965. 

Russon ya kasance shugaban kamfanonin iri da yawa ban da Cuthbert. Ya kasance Jami'in (1960), Kwamandan (1962) sannan Knight (1968) na Order of St John, kuma Freeman na Birnin London.

Ya mutu a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 1968. A cewar The Times, Russon ya kasance "misali ne na mutumin da ya yi tsayin daka wanda ya haifar da babban kasuwanci mai daraja daga ƙananan farawa";  aikinsa tare da Kungiyar Masana'antu ta Arewacin Wales ya haifar da haɗuwa da Kudancin Wales da Kungiyar Kasuwancin Monmouthshire a cikin 1947. Shawararsa ta motsa yawancin kasuwancinsa zuwa Wales ta haifar da ayyuka 500.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1968