Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
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Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, was a prominent British engineer, oil magnate, and Liberal politician who built a vast business empire through major construction and petroleum ventures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British politician
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civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ oil magnate ⓘ peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cowdray Park, West Sussex, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child | Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-07-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1927-05-01 ⓘ |
| employer | S. Pearson & Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Pearson plc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Weetman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
FRGS
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GCVO NERFINISHED ⓘ PC ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| industry |
construction industry
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petroleum industry ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council
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surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Weetman Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
1st Viscount Cowdray
NERFINISHED
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Baron Cowdray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | building a vast international construction and oil empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| notableWork |
construction of Mexican railways
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construction of the Blackwall Tunnel ⓘ construction of the East River Railway Tunnels in New York ⓘ construction of the Great Northern and City Railway ⓘ development of Mexican oil fields ⓘ |
| occupation |
contractor
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engineer ⓘ industrialist ⓘ oil executive ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ownerOf | S. Pearson & Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryBody |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shelley, Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Brigg
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Member of Parliament for Colchester ⓘ Paymaster General NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Air Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Cowdray Park, West Sussex, England
NERFINISHED
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Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Annie Cass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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