John Cargill, 1st Baronet
Sir John Traill Cargill , 1st Baronet (born January 10, 1867 in Glasgow , † January 24, 1954 in Edinburgh ) was a British manager.
Life and activity
Cargill was the second son of the businessman David Sime Cargill - founder of the Burmah Oil Company - and his wife Margaret († 1872), b. Trail. From 1878 to 1883 Cargill was trained at the Glasgow Academy. He then joined the company of his father, who at that time had entered the oil business.
In 1886 Cargill went to Burma, then part of the British Empire, where he worked in the office of his father's company in Rangoon and represented the interests of the same. In 1893 he returned to Scotland. In the following years he took an active part in the development of the oil industry in Burma and Persia.
In 1905 Cargill succeeded his father as chairman of the Burmah Oil Company Ltd. According to, he held this position until 1943, when he retired for health reasons. During this time the company grew from a small speculative business to a large corporation valued at £ 25 million.
From 1909 to 1943 Cargill also sat as a director on the board of directors of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC). Around the same time he became a senior partner at Finlay, Fleming & Company in Rangoon. From 1922 to 1943 there was also the post of Chairman of Scottish Oils Ltd. the post of Chairman of the Concessions Syndicate Ltd. (1905) and a directorate post with the Assam Oil Company .
At the end of the 1930s, the National Socialist police authorities classified Cargill as an important target: In the spring of 1940, the Reich Main Security Office in Berlin put him on the special wanted list GB , a directory of people whom the Nazi surveillance apparatus considered particularly important or dangerous and who were therefore in the case A successful invasion and occupation of the British Isles by the Wehrmacht should be located and arrested by the occupying troops following special SS commandos with special priority.
On February 10, 1920 he was raised to the hereditary nobility as Baronet , of Glasgow. In 1929 he received an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Glasgow (LLD).
Cargill was buried in Hillfoot Cemetery in Glasgow. He bequeathed large grants to the universities in Glasgow and Rangoon.
family
Cargill was married to Mary Hope Walker Grierson, sister of James Moncrieff Grierson, since 1895. Since they had a daughter, Allison Hope Cargill (* 1896), but no sons, his baronet title expired after his death.
literature
- Ronald W. Ferrier / JH Bamberg: The History of the British Petroleum Company , p. 597.
- Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period , 1961, Vol. 5, p. 183.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cargill, John, 1st Baronet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cargill, John Traill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1954 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |