DNB - Industrialists

The following Industrialists are listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and were born before 1900.

• Agnew, Sir Andrew (1882–1955), oil industrialist
• Akers, Sir Wallace Alan (1888–1954), chemist and industrialist
• Akroyd, Edward (1810–1887), industrialist and philanthropist
• Amory, Derick Heathcoat, first Viscount Amory (1899–1981), industrialist and politician
• Armstrong, William George, Baron Armstrong (1810–1900), armaments manufacturer and industrialist
• Arnott, Sir John, first baronet (1814–1898), industrialist
• Ashton, Thomas Gair, first Baron Ashton of Hyde (1855–1933), industrialist and politician

• Bader, Ernest (1890–1982), chemical manufacturer and industrial reformer
• Bailey, Sir George Edwin (1879–1965), electrical engineer and industrialist
• Bain, Sir Frederick William (1889–1950), chemist and industrialist
• Baldwin, Alfred (1841–1908), industrialist and politician
• Balfour, Arthur, first Baron Riverdale (1873–1957), steel maker and industrialist
• Banner, Sir John Sutherland Harmood-, first baronet (1847–1927), accountant and steel maker
• Barlow, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Dalmahoy (1883–1964), industrialist and banker
• Bazley, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1797–1885), cotton spinner and politician
• Beale, Sir Samuel Richard (1881–1964), engineer and industrialist
• Beck, Simon Adams (1803–1883), gas industrialist and lawyer
• Bell, Sir (Isaac) Lowthian, first baronet (1816–1904), iron and steel manufacturer
• Bennett, Peter Frederick Blaker, Baron Bennett (1880–1957), industrialist
• Berry, (Henry) Seymour, Baron Buckland (1877–1928), financier and coal industrialist
• Berthoud, Sir Eric Alfred (1900–1989), oil industrialist and diplomatist
• Botfield, Beriah (1807–1863), antiquary and industrialist
• Boulton, Matthew (1728–1809), manufacturer and entrepreneur
• Bowater, Sir Eric Vansittart (1895–1962), paper manufacturer and industrialist
• Bowes, John (1811–1885), coal industrialist and art collector
• Bowie, James Alexander (1888–1949), economist and educationist
• Brown, Sir John (1816–1896), steel maker
• Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1745–1818), politician and industrialist

• Cable, Ernest, Baron Cable (1859–1927), financier and industrialist
• Cadman, John, first Baron Cadman (1877–1941), mining engineer and industrialist
• Cammell, Charles (1810–1879), steelmaker
• Cargill, David Sime (1826–1904), merchant and oil industrialist
• Cargill, Sir John Traill, first baronet (1867–1954), merchant and oil industrialist
• Carne, Joseph (1782-1858), geologist and industrialist
• Cavendish, William, seventh duke of Devonshire (1808–1891), landowner and industrialist
• Cazalet, Edward (1827–1883), merchant and industrialist
• Chamberlain, Arthur (1842–1913), industrialist
• Chamberlain, Joseph (Joe) (1836–1914), industrialist and politician
• Clark, Sir Allen George (1898–1962), entrepreneur and industrialist
• Clayton, Sarah (1712–1779), property developer and industrialist
• Cohen, Sir Robert Waley (1877–1952), oil industrialist
• Cooper, Sir (Francis) D'Arcy, baronet (1882–1941), industrialist
• Cornwell (aka Whiteman, Robinson), Alice Ann (1852–1932), gold mining industrialist and newspaper
• Courtauld, Samuel (1876–1947), industrialist and patron of the arts
• Crawford, Sir William (1840–1922), industrialist and philanthropist
• Cross, John Kynaston (1832–1887), industrialist and politician
• Crossley, John (1812–1879), industrialist and philanthropist

• Dale, Sir David, first baronet (1829–1906), industrialist
• Davies, David (1818–1890), industrialist and politician
• Delaval, John Hussey, Baron Delaval (1728–1808), industrialist and politician
• Deterding, Henri Wilhelm August (1866–1939), oil industrialist
• Dillwyn, (Elizabeth) Amy (1845–1935), novelist and businesswoman
• Dillwyn, Lewis Llewelyn (1814–1892), industrialist and politician
• Docker, (Frank) Dudley (1862–1944), industrialist and financier
• Docker, Sir Bernard Dudley Frank (1896–1978), industrialist
• Dreyfus, Henry (Henri) (1882–1944), industrialist
• Drinkwater, Peter (1750–1801), cotton manufacturer
• Du Cros, Sir Arthur Philip, first baronet (1871–1955), industrialist
• Duncan, Sir Andrew Rae (1884–1952), industrial administrator and public servant

• Eccles, Sir Josiah (1897–1967), engineer and industrialist
• Edington, Thomas (1742–1811), ironmaster and merchant
• Elliot, Sir George, first baronet (1814–1893), industrialist and politician

• Faulkner, George (1790?–1862), industrialist and philanthropist
• Fielden, John (1784–1849), industrialist and politician
• Firth, Sir William John (1881–1957), industrialist
• Fox, Sir (Charles) Douglas (1840–1921), civil engineer
• Fox, Uffa (1898–1972), naval architect and boat builder
• Fraser, William Milligan, first Baron Strathalmond (1888–1970), oil industrialist
• Furness, Christopher, first Baron Furness (1852–1912), shipowner and industrialist

• Garbett, Samuel (1717–1803), industrialist and ironmaster
• Gestetner, David (1854–1939), inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist
• Greenway, Charles, first Baron Greenway (1857–1934), oil industrialist and merchant
• Greg, Henry Philips (1865–1936), industrialist
• Greg, William Rathbone (1809–1881), industrialist and writer
• Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (1869–1955), oil industrialist and benefactor

• Hawksley, Thomas (1807–1893), civil engineer
• Hayman, Sir (Cecil George) Graham (1893–1966), industrialist
• Heyworth, Geoffrey, Baron Heyworth (1894–1974), industrialist
• Hichens, (William) Lionel (Ne) (1874–1940), public servant and industrialist
• Hives, Ernest Walter, first Baron Hives (1886–1965), aero-engine designer and industrialist
• Holker, John (1719–1786), Jacobite soldier and industrialist
• Holland, Samuel (1803–1892), slate industrialist and railway promoter
• Hooper, Sir Frederic Collins [Eric], first baronet (1892–1963), industrialist
• Houldsworth, Sir Hubert Stanley, first baronet (1889–1956), coal industry manager and industrialist
• Houldsworth, Sir William Henry, first baronet (1834–1917), cotton industrialist and politician
• Hunter, Sir Ellis (1892–1961), industrialist

• Isaacs, Godfrey Charles (1866–1925), industrialist

• Jephcott, Sir Harry, first baronet (1891–1978), pharmaceutical industrialist

• Keen, Arthur (1835–1915), iron and steel manufacturer
• Keir, James (1735–1820), chemist and industrialist
• Lachmann, Gustav Victor (1896–1966), aeronautical engineer
• Larmor (Larmour), Sir (John) Graham (1897–1968), linen industrialist
• Lee, Lennox Bertram (1864–1949), textile industrialist
• Lewis, Essington (1881–1961), industrialist
• Ley, Sir Francis, first baronet (1846–1916), industrialist and promoter of sport
• Lister, Sir (Robert) Ashton (1845–1929), industrialist
• Livesey, Sir George Thomas (1834–1908), gas engineer and industrialist
• Lorimer, Sir William (1844–1922), locomotive engineer and industrialist

• Mackay, John (1724–1783), coal owner and industrialist
• Mappin, Sir Frederick Thorpe, first baronet (1821–1910), industrialist and politician
• Martin, Sir Thomas Acquin (1850–1906), engineer and industrialist
• McGowan, Harry Duncan, first Baron McGowan (1874–1961), chemical industrialist
• McLaren, Charles Benjamin Bright, first Baron Aberconway (1850–1934), barrister and industrialist
• McLaren, Henry Duncan, second Baron Aberconway (1879–1953), industrialist
• Mills, Percy Herbert, first Viscount Mills (1890–1968), politician and industrialist
• Morris, Robert (c1701-1768), industrialist
• Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), motor manufacturer and benefactor
• Mullard, Stanley Robert (1883–1979), radio engineer and industrialist
• Muntz, George Frederick (1794–1857), political reformer and industrialist
• Musgrave, Sir James, baronet (1826–1904), industrialist and philanthropist
• Muspratt, James (1793–1886), chemical manufacturer

• Nathan, Alec (1872–1954), industrialist
• Noble, Sir Andrew, first baronet (1831–1915), industrialist and expert in artillery

• Owen, Sir Hugo von Reitzenstein Cunliffe-, first baronet (1870–1947), tobacco industrialist

• Paley, Richard (1746-1808), industrialist and entrepreneur
• Palmer, Sir Charles Mark, first baronet (1822–1907), coal-owner, ironmaster and shipbuilder
• Pears, Andrew (1846–1909), soap maker and perfumer
• Pease, Edward (1767–1858), woollen manufacturer and railway promoter
• Pease, Sir Arthur Francis, first baronet (1866–1927), coal owner and industrialist
• Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell, first baronet (1828–1903), industrialist and banker
• Perks, Sir Robert William, first baronet (1849–1934), industrialist and politician
• Philips, Sir George, first baronet (1766–1847), textile industrialist and politician
• Pochin, Henry Davis (1824–1895), manufacturing chemist and industrialist
• Pole, Sir Felix John Clewett (1877–1956), railway manager and industrialist
• Pollitt, George Paton (1878–1964), chemical industrialist and farmer
• Pollock, Sir (John) Donald, baronet (1868–1962), industrialist
• Price, Peter (1739–1821), ironmaster
• Purvis, Arthur Blaikie (1890–1941), industrialist and buyer of war supplies

• Quig, Alexander Johnstone (1892–1962), industrialist

• Ramsden, Sir James (1822–1896), civil engineer and civic leader
• Rank, (Joseph) Arthur, Baron Rank (1888–1972), flour miller and film-maker
• Rendel, Stuart, Baron Rendel (1834–1913), industrialist, politician, and philanthropist
• Richardson, James Nicholson (1846–1921), industrialist and politician
• Roe, Charles (1715–1781), industrialist
• Roebuck, John (1718-1794), ironmaster
• Rogers, John (1878–1975), chemist and industrialist

• Samuel, Frank (1889–1954), gramophone manufacturer and industrialist
• Savage, John Percival (1895–1970), industrialist
• Schneider, Henry William (1817–1887), industrialist and politician
• Simon, Ernest Emil Darwin, first Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1879–1960), industrialist, politician, and public servant
• Smith, George Samuel Fereday (1812–1891), industrialist and canal manager
• Smith, James, of Deanston (1789–1850), textile industrialist and agricultural engineer
• Sobell, Sir Michael (1892–1993), industrialist and benefactor
• Southwell, Sir (Charles Archibald) Philip (1894–1981), petroleum geologist and industrialist
• Spencer, Sir Henry Francis (1892–1964), iron and steel industrialist
• Stanley, Charles Orr (1899–1989), promoter of telecommunications and industrialist
• Sterling, Sir Louis Saul (1879–1958), gramophone company manager and industrialist
• Stewart, Sir (Percy) Malcolm, first baronet (1872–1951), brick and cement manufacturer
• Strutt, Jedediah (1726–1797), inventor and cotton manufacturer
• Stuart, John Crichton-, second marquess of Bute (1793–1848), landowner and industrialist
• Stubs, Peter (1756–1806), toolmaker and innkeeper
• Sykes, Sir Alan John (1868–1950), industrialist and politician

• Tait, Andrew Wilson (1876–1930), accountant and industrialist
• Tetley, Henry Greenwood (1851–1921), industrialist
• Tennant, Sir Charles, first baronet (1823–1906), industrialist
• Thom, Robert, of Ascog (1774–1847), civil engineer and industrialist
• Thomas, David Alfred, first Viscount Rhondda (1856–1918), politician and industrialist
• Thomas, George Holt (1870–1929), aviation industrialist
• Thomas, William (d. 1800), architect
• Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac (1843–1928), naval architect
• Treffry (formerly Austen), Joseph Thomas (1782-1850), mining industrialist
• Truman, Sir Benjamin (1699/1700–1780), entrepreneur and brewer

• Vestey, William, first Baron Vestey (1859–1940), industrialist and food importer
• Vivian, Henry Hussey, first Baron Swansea (1821–1894), industrialist and politician
• Vivian, John Henry (1785–1855), industrialist and politician

• Wakefield, Charles Cheers, first Viscount Wakefield (1859–1941), oil industrialist and philanthropist
• Walker, Sir Alexander (1869–1950), whisky blender and industrialist
• Wallace, (Charles) William [Bill] (1855–1916), oil industrialist
• Ward, John, second Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725–1788), industrialist and politician
• Watson, Robert Irving (1878–1948), oil industrialist
• Watson, Sir David Milne-, first baronet (1869–1945), gas industrialist
• Weeks, Ronald Morce, Baron Weeks (1890–1960), industrialist and army officer
• Weir, Sir Cecil McAlpine (1890–1960), industrialist and civic administrator
• Weir, William Douglas, first Viscount Weir (1877–1959), industrialist and public servant
• Weston, (Willard) Garfield (1898–1978), food manufacturer and industrialist
• Wilkes, Joseph (1733-1805), industrialist and entrepreneur
• Wilkinson, John (1728–1808), ironmaster and industrialist
• Wilkinson, William (1744–1808), ironmaster
• Williams, Sir John Coldbrook Hanbury- (1892–1965), industrialist
• Williams, Thomas (1737–1802), industrialist
• Wood, John (1793–1871), worsted manufacturer and factory reformer
• Worboys, Sir Walter John (1900–1969), chemical industrialist and design promoter

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