Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
The Viscount Cowdray | |
|---|---|
Pearson in 1897 | |
| President of the Air Board | |
| In office 3 January 1917 – 26 November 1917 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | The Earl Curzon of Kedleston |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Rothermere |
| Member of Parliament for Colchester | |
| In office February 1895 – January 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Weetman Dickinson Pearson 15 July 1856 Shelley, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1 May 1927 (aged 70) Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray Bernard Clive Pearson Francis Geoffrey Pearson Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman |
| Occupation | Building contractor; politician |
| Known for | Engineering projects; oil companies; MP for Colchester; philanthropy |
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Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, GCVO, PC (15 July 1856 – 1 May 1927), known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt from 1894 to 1910 and as Lord Cowdray from 1910 to 1927, was an English industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician. He built S. Pearson & Son from a Yorkshire contractor into an international builder and created the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company, a leading early 20th century oil producer. After selling Mexican Eagle in 1919, he reorganised his interests around Whitehall Securities, purchased a stake in Lazard Brothers, and expanded into newspapers. This latter move set the course for the later Pearson group's focus on publishing.