Major John Martin Oakey MC (13 June 1888 - 30 January 1963) was a businessman and public servant. Following education at Cheltenham and Cambridge, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1912. He later became chairman of the family firm of Joan Oakey & Sons Limited, abrasive manufacturers. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade), the British Army's chemical warfare branch. He won a Military Cross in 1917 for...