 Edward Dixon Abbott (1898- ) had been employed in the design department of Wolseley Motors before he joined coachbuilders 'Page and Hunt' who had started operations in 1920.Abbott became their London Sales Manager and when Page and Hunt's business failed in 1929 he took over their Farnham works forming a new company using his own name.Many of the early orders were for commercial vehicles which kept the business afloat during the worst of the depression but some car body making continued.