Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray

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Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, was a prominent British engineer, oil magnate, and Liberal politician who built a vast business empire through major construction and petroleum ventures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf British politician
civil engineer
human
oil magnate
peer of the United Kingdom
burialPlace Cowdray Park, West Sussex, England
linked to: Cowdray Park
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1856-07-15
dateOfDeath 1927-05-01
employer S. Pearson & Son
familyName Pearson
founded Pearson plc
givenName Weetman
honorificSuffix FRGS
GCVO
PC
honorificTitle The Right Honourable
industry construction industry
petroleum industry
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
name Weetman Pearson
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Cowdray
Baron Cowdray
notableFor building a vast international construction and oil empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
notableWork construction of Mexican railways
construction of the Blackwall Tunnel
construction of the East River Railway Tunnels in New York
construction of the Great Northern and City Railway
development of Mexican oil fields
occupation contractor
engineer
industrialist
oil executive
politician
ownerOf S. Pearson & Son
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
placeOfBirth Shelley, Yorkshire, England
placeOfDeath Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Brigg
Member of Parliament for Colchester
Paymaster General
President of the Air Board
residence Cowdray Park, West Sussex, England
linked to: Cowdray Park

Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
spouse Annie Cass

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Castle Fraser restoredBy Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray nobleTitle 1st Viscount Cowdray
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Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray child Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray
linked to: Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray