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| Parent | British Electric Traction |
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| Founded | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Torquay, later Exeter |
| Service area | Devon |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Hubs | Exeter, Torbay |
| Depots | Exmouth, Exeter, Torquay. Outstations at Newton Abbot, Crediton, Sidmouth |
Devon General was the principal bus operator in south Devon from 1919. The name was first used by the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Company which was created in 1919. In 1922 it was purchased by the National Electric Construction Company which merged with British Electric Traction in 1931. Nationalisation in 1969 resulted in 1971 with the company being merged into Western National. In 1983 a new Devon General Limited was created which became the first operating subsidiary of the National Bus Company to be privatised in 1986 when it became the first company of Transit Holdings. It was sold to the Stagecoach Group in 1996 and renamed Stagecoach Devon in 2003.
Coaches were operated under various names, principally Fleet Cars from 1925 until 1933, and Grey Cars from 1932 until 1971.
Its main principal depots were in Exeter and Torquay, but the area of operation covered most of south, east and mid Devon.