London Gazette, 15 April 1902. Page 32
In the High Court of Justice.—Companies (Winding-up)
Mr. Justice Buckley.
No. 0098 of 1902.

In the Matter of the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1893, and in the Matter of the BRITISH MOTOR TRACTION COMPANY Limited.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition for the winding up of the above named Company by the High Court of Justice was, on the 12th day of April,1902, presented to the said Court by Charles Friswell, a creditor of the said Company; and that the said petition is directed to be heard before the Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, on the 29th day of April, 1902, and any creditor or contributory of the said Company; desirous to support or oppose the making of an Order on the said petition may appear at the time of hearing by himself, or his Counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said Company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.
—Dated this 12th day of April, 1902.
FIRTH and CO., 77, Chancery-lane,' London,
W.C., Solicitors for the Petitioner.

NOTE — Any person who intends to appear on the hearing of the said petition must serve on or send by post to the above named, notice in writing of his intention so to do. The notice must state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their Solicitor (if any), and must be served, or, if posted, must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the above named not later than six o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th of April, 1902. 53

London Gazette, 24 December 1909. Page 1
Whitehall, December 23, 1909.
The KING was pleased, on Monday, the 13th instant, at Buckingham Palace, to confer the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned Gentlemen:—
Charles Friswell, Esq.54

He lent his 80 acre property to the Government for the duration of the 1914-1918 war.

Presumably part owner of Standard Cars - Friswells, later Chairman of Standard Motor Company [Reference from C Friswell for his nephew A.E.W. Ayers written 1911]

By Nov 1912 he had retired from the Standard Motor Company at Coventry after some problems [Letter to Woodzell Ayers 27 May 1913]

London Gazette, 16 November 1915. Page 48
The Companies Acts, 1908 and 1913.
FRISWELLS Limited,
AT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above named Company, duly convened, and held at 89, Great Portland-street, London, W., on the 20th day of October, 1915, the following Special Resolution was duly passed; and at a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting of the said Company, duly convened, and held at the same place, on the 10th day of November, 1915, the following Special [Resolution was duly confirmed, viz. :—
'That Friswells Limited be wound up voluntarily; and that Sir Charles Friswell be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up."
Dated this 10th day of November, 1915.
C. FRISWELL, Chairman. 55

And in the second column on the same page as the notice above:
The Companies Acts, 1908 and 1913.
FRISWELLS Limited.
IN pursuance of section 188 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, a Meeting of the creditors of the above named Company will -be held at 89, Great Portland-street, London, W., on the 1st day of December, 1915, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purposes provided for in the said section. Any person claiming to be a creditor of the Company should at once send particulars of his claim to the Liquidator, at the address stated below. —Dated this 10th day of November, 1915.
C. FRISWELL, Liquidator, 89, Great Portland-street, W.55

An entry on page 383 of the 1920 phone book for London has “Mayfair 3957 FRISWELL Charles, Sir, Engineer .. 89 Gt Portland St W.1” The 1921 and1922 entries have the same text except that the phone number at the beginning is Langham 1958. In 1925 and 1927 the only change is that the address is now 143 Gt Portland St. Sir Charles was not listed in the London phone book in 1950. 12

Wealth at death : £156,033 5s. 5d.: probate, 14 Feb 1927, CGPLA Eng. & Wales 15