Carl Ferdinand Henry Bolckow
From Graces Guide
Carl Ferdinand Henry Bolckow (c1835-1915)
c.1835 Born in Prussia[1]
1871 Iron master, living in Stokesley, Yorkshire[2]
1872 Entered into partnership with Alfred Christian Downey with the style of Downey and Co., and erected the Coatham Blast Furnaces.
1878 Inherited his uncle's wealth (Henry Bolckow), which he was instructed to invest in land
1878 Chairman of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co[3]
1879 Living at Middlesbrough. Naturalised as a British citizen[4]
After this the censuses record him as a landed proprietor
1892 Downey and Co collapsed; Bolckow was bankrupted[5]; he also gave up the chairmanship of Bolckow, Vaughan[6]
1915 Died in Torquay[7]
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