Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet

• Name — Sir John Carden, Bt • Honorific Suffix — MBE • Born — 6 February 1892 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 10 December 1935 • Place of death — Tatsfield, England • Employer — Vickers • Significant Projects — Carden, Carden-Loyd, Carden Aero Engines, Carden-Baynes • Significant Design — Carden Loyd tankette

Born in London, Carden ran a company from 1914 to 1916 that manufactured light passenger-cars under the brand Carden. The company's first model was a cyclecar, with seating only for the driver. During the First World War, Carden served in the Army Service Corps and gained the rank of captain, acquiring experience with vehicles such as tracked Holt tractors. After the war, he returned to car manufacturing but sold his original design and factory to Ward and Avey who renamed it the AV. He then designed a new cyclecar and started manufacture at Ascot but at the end of 1919 sold the design to E. A. Tamplin who continued manufacture as the Tamplin car. A further design followed with a two-seat fibreboard body. Carden even sold one of these to King Alfonso XIII of Spain before selling the company to new owners in 1922 who renamed it the New Carden. Aside from tanks, Carden and Loyd also developed several light artillery tractors and carriers, including the VA D50 model, which was a prototype of the Bren Carrier. Carden's interest in flying also led him to build an ultralight plane based on the French "Flying Flea", using a modified Ford engine uprated from 10 bhp to 31 bhp. In 1935, Carden started Carden Aero Engines Ltd., an aircraft engine manufacturer. A partnership with L.E. Baynes led to the founding of Carden Baynes Aircraft Ltd., which produced gliders of Baynes' design fitted with auxiliary engines. John Carden was killed in an air crash near Tatsfield, Surrey on 10 December 1935, while flying on a Sabena airliner.

The authorities additionally record the headings John Carden, Sir John Carden, John Valentine Carden, Sir John Valentine Carden and Sir John Valentine Carden, 6th Baronet. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Sir John Carden, 5th Baronet and Sybil Martha Baker. He married Vera Madeleine Hervet-d’Egville and Dorothy Mary McKinnon.

Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation military flight engineer.