Henry Roy Setright (1886 - 1942)

Born 16 Nov 1886 in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Selina Helen Kensell (Clare) Setright — married 1906 in Paddington,New South Wales,Australia

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1942 at age 55 in Palmers Green, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Henry Roy Setright was born on 16 November 1886 at Denison Street, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia. He was the son of Thomas Setright and Helen Adelaide Hamburger.

Henry Roy Setright was an Australian engineer who was involved in the development of the automatic totalisator machine with Sir George Julius. He invented the automatic ticket issuing machine which was connected to the totalisator. He also developed the ticketing machine independently of the totalisator, so that it had other uses, for example, as a fare register. In 1922 he registered the patent for an electro magnetically controlled ticket issuing and printing machine. He established the company The Premier Automatic Ticket Issuers Limited in 1917, and he was closely associated with Automatic Totalisators Limited. In 1922 he sold his Australian rights in the totalisator and ticketing machines to Automatic Totalisators Limited.

In 1928 he left for Europe, where he was involved with two different companies, Universal Totalisators Limited and Automatic Ticket Issuers Limited. Setright was particularly successful in selling his totalisators and ticket issuing machines in Great Britain and in France. His ticket issuing machines were used on the London Trambuses. Universal Automatic Totalisators built a plant in Paris in 1928 to manufacture totalisators and ticketing machines. The first totalisator in Great Britain was installed at Northolt Racetrack in 1930.

He passed away on 18 January 1942 at Palmer's Green, London, aged 54.^[1][2]

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Sources

1. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 February 1942, Page 16, Deaths via Trove, death on 18 January 1942 at London, Henry Roy Setright, husband of Lena Helen Setright, of Manly, father of Dorothy, Tom, Violet, Helen, Elsie, Hilda, and brother of Elsie, Ferd, and Tom; aged 54.
2. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 1951, Page 24, In Memoriam via Trove, in memory of Henry Roy Setright, passed away 18 January 1942 at Palmer's Green London; husband of Lena Helen, father of Dorothy, Thomas, Violet, Helen, Elsie, and Hilda.

• Birth Rego#10460/1887 SETRIGHT Henry R Thomas Helen A WAVERLEY
• The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 1886, Page 1, Births via Trove, birth on 16 November [1886] at Denison Street, Waverley, to the wife of T. Setwright, of a son.

Acknowledgements

• http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Setright/6000000033241922559?through=6000000033242286920