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George Mure Ritchie

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George Mure Ritchie (c1858-1942), Chairman of numerous companies

Born at Saltcoats

Graduate of Glasgow University

1900 Chairman of the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Co. [1] 1900 Director of the Alquife Mines and Railway Co. [2]

1923 'George Mure Ritchie, one of the great ironmasters of our industrial North'[3]

1927 Chairman of the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Co, the Barrow Hematite Steel Co and the North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Co.

1936 Chairman of the British and Foreign General Securities and Investment Trust.[4]

1939 Chairman of Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ North British Daily Mail - 28 June 1900
  2. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 4 September 1900
  3. ↑ Sunday Mirror - Sunday 11 February 1923
  4. ↑ Western Mail - Tuesday 15 September 1936
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