George Ainsworth
George Ainsworth (c1851-1920) of Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, Co. Durham.
1920 Obituary [1]
GEORGE AINSWORTH, senior Vice-President of the Iron and Steel Institute, died at his residence, Consett Hall, Consett, co. Durham, on January 18, aged sixty-nine.
He was born and educated at Macclesfield, and commenced his business career with the North Staffordshire Railway Company. After occupying positions at the works of the Dowlais Iron Company and with the West Cumberland Iron Company, he was engaged, in 1870, as chemist to the Consett Iron Company, of which he became in succession blast-furnace manager, general works manager, and general manager. He was also chairman of the Shotley Bridge and District Gas Company, managing director of the Orcanera Ore Company, and director of several other ore companies having concessions in Spain and France.
For many years he acted as President of the British Steel Makers' Association, and was also a member of the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the manufactured iron and steel trade of the north of England. He was a member of the Council of Armstrong College, and was one of the founders of the Consett Technical Institute.
In 1914 he was invited to join the National Industrial Commission, and during the war he served on several Government Committees. He was an active member of the Iron and Steel Institute, of which he was elected a member in 1872, Member of Council in 1899, and Vice-President in 1910.
He was a constant attendant at meetings of the Institute both at home and abroad, and represented its interests on the Engineering Standards Committee and various other bodies connected with iron and steel.