Brodie McGhie Willcox
Brodie McGhie Willcox (born November 20, 1784 in Ostend , West Flanders ; † November 6, 1862 in Roydon Lodge, Ware , Hertfordshire ) was a member of the English Liberal Party and co-founder and first managing director of the later Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) , one of the largest shipping companies in the UK and the world at the time.
Career
After Brodie Willcox established himself as a shipbroker , he hired Arthur Anderson first as secretary and then as a partner in a company providing shipping links to the Iberian Peninsula .
In 1837 Willcox and Anderson founded the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company , which, after taking over the East Asia and Australia service, was named Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) from 1852 . Willcox was the first managing director of this company, which from the 1860s had the largest steamship fleet in the world.
In 1847, after the general election, Brodie Willcox became a Liberal MP for Southampton and remained so for the rest of his life.
Willcox died in an accident in Roydon in 1862. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery .
Familiar
Brodie McGhie was married to Sophia Ann Vandergucht (1783–1876) and had a son, Brodie Augustus Willcox (1815–1901), and four daughters: Sophia Ann Willcox (* 1813), Maria Elizabeth Willcox (* 1816), Rose Maria Manning Willcox (* 1818) and Ellen Willcox (* 1820).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Brodie Willcox at P&O Ships
- ^ Brodie Willcox at Find-a-Grave
- ↑ http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/68291.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willcox, Brodie McGhie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British shipowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ostend , West Flanders |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1862 |
| Place of death | Roydon Lodge |