William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn

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William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn, 1921

William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn (born October 16, 1856 in Greenwich , † April 9, 1936 in Flichity , Inverness-shire ) was a Scottish entrepreneur .

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After training as a mechanical engineer , Beardmore initially worked in his father's company and after his death became a partner in a successful company that manufactured steam boilers for railways and ships.

In 1899 Beardmore acquired a shipyard in Govan near Glasgow on the Clyde , which under his leadership quickly developed into the largest industrial group in Scotland with over 40,000 employees.

Further expansion followed with the takeover of a vehicle factory, a steel mill and another shipyard, and so the William Beardmore and Company was Britain's largest arms supplier in the years before the First World War .

In 1907 Beardmore was the main private donor for the Antarctic expedition of the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton , who named the Beardmore Glacier discovered on this research trip after him.

On January 22, 1914 he was given the hereditary title of Baronet , of Flichity in the County of Inverness. On January 15, 1921 he was raised to hereditary peer as Baron Invernairn , of Strathnairn in the County of Inverness, and received a seat in the House of Lords .

After handing over his business in the late 1920s, Beardmore retired to his home in the Highlands and died childless in Flichity in 1936, where he was also buried. His titles of nobility expired with his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The London Gazette : No. 28796, p. 733 , January 27, 1914.
  2. ^ The London Gazette: No. 32209, p. 778 , January 28, 1921.

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SURNAME Beardmore, William, 1st Baron Invernairn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenwich
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1936
Place of death Flichity , Inverness-shire