David Quayle Television South, City Vision, Ritz Video, Granada Group and the Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft Gallery. David Quayle David Andrew Quayle (19 August 1936 – 6 April 2010) was a British businessman best known as co-founder of the UK DIY chain B&Q. He worked in the Marley Tile company in the 1960s and together with his brother-in-law Richard Block started the B&Q retail chain in 1969. Their idea of large warehouse-style DIY stores copied the style already successfully operating in other European countries, but was unknown in the UK and B&Q soon became the largest retail suppliers of DIY
David Richard Morier David Richard Morier David Richard Morier (1784–1877) was an English diplomat. The third son of Isaac Morier, consul-general to the Turkey Company at Constantinople, he was born in Smyrna on 8 January 1784, was educated at Harrow School, and entered the diplomatic service. In January 1804, at age 20, he was appointed secretary to the political mission sent by the British government to Ali Pasha and the Turkish governors of the Morea and other provinces, with a view to counteracting the influence of France in south-east Europe. In May 1807 he was ordered to take entire charge of the mission,