Sir John Wright, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wright | |
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| Born | John Roper Wright 12 March 1843 |
| Died | 25 July 1926 (aged 83) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Steel industrialist |
Sir John Roper Wright, 1st Baronet, DL (12 March 1843 – 25 July 1926) was a British steel manufacturer.
Wright was born in Croston, near Chorley, Lancashire. He became a pupil at the Soho Engineering Works in Preston and then worked for Sir William Siemens. He established his own company, Wright, Butler & Co, at Gowerton, near Swansea, and founded a number of steel works. His company was later absorbed by Baldwins Ltd, of which he became a director. He became chairman in 1908, succeeding Alfred Baldwin, father of Stanley Baldwin, the future prime minister.
Wright was a prominent Liberal Unionist and unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in 1895 and 1910. He was created a Baronet in the 1920 New Year Honours.[1]
Wright died in Bath, Somerset, in 1926.[2] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, William Charles, upon whose death in 1950 the title became extinct.[3]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
- ^ "Death registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Profile, dmm.org.uk; Retrieved 14 June 2015.
References
[edit]- Obituary, The Times, 27 July 1926
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