John Towers (businessman) John Towers (businessman) John Towers CBE (born 30 March 1948) is an English businessman, who was the owner and managing director of MG Rover Group from 2000 until the company entered administration in 2005. This followed a succession of senior appointments within Rover, which he had joined from Massey Ferguson in 1988. Towers started his career in 1966 as a student apprentice with Perkins Engines of Peterborough, which by that time had become a subsidiary of Massey Ferguson. He rose within Perkins to become Director of Engineering before leaving in 1988 to join the Rover Group. Together with Peter Beale,
John Atlantic Stephenson Gateshead with mother as a widow (The father died before Catherine’s wedding in 1860), and according to the 1861 survey they were living at 11b Elswick East Terrace, Elswick with mother and just 3 children, John Atlantic having moved out by now. Geordie dialect words Thomas Allan Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings John Atlantic Stephenson John Atlantic Stephenson (born 18 June 1829) was a Tyneside businessman and poet and amateur artist in the latter half of the 19th century. He was best known for his recitations. Stephenson was born on Waterloo Day, 18 June 1829 in mid-Atlantic.