John Black (businessman)

Sir John Paul Black (10 February 1895 – 24 December 1965) held several senior positions in the British motor industry including chairman of Standard-Triumph.

He was born in Kingston upon Thames on 10 February 1895 the fourth son of Ellen (Smith) and her husband John George Black, a clerk in the Public Record Office now Britain's national archives.

[1] He resigned his posts in July 1929 after Hillman fell under the control of the Rootes brothers and in September 1929 took up a new position at the Standard Motor Company.

His fellow board members believed this affected his judgment and he was forced to resign in January 1954, officially because of his health.

Black married a second time in 1943 to Alicia Joan Pears[4] Linton,[5] daughter of the Bishop of Persia later rector of Handsworth, with whom he had three sons.