Alfred Yarrow

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Alfred Yarrow

Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet (13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932) started a shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, originally called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history....
dynasty from humble origins in east London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. He was educated at University College School

University College School

University College School, known generally as UCS, is an independent school charity situated in Hampstead, north west London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited much of that institution's progressive and secular views....
. After serving an apprenticeship in Stepney

Stepney

Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located east north-east of Charing Cross and forms part of the East End of London....
, he opened a yard — Yarrow and Hedley (a partnership) — at Folly Wall, Poplar

Poplar, London

Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Poplar is about east of Charing Cross....
on the Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is surrounded on three sides by one of the largest meanders in the River Thames....
in 1865 to build steam river launches.

He ventured into military vessels from the early 1870s, building torpedo boat

Torpedo boat

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast navy ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Torpedo#Self-propelled torpedoeses....
s for the Argentine

Argentine Navy

The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force....
and Japanese

Imperial Japanese Navy

The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy trace back to early interactions with nations on the Asia, beginning in the early history of Japan#Feudal Japan and reaching a peak of activity during the 16th and 17th centuries at a time of cultural diffusion with European power during the Age of Discovery....
navies, among other customers.

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Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet (13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932) started a shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

London

University College School

Stepney

Poplar, London

Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Poplar is about east of Charing Cross....
on the Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Torpedo boat

Argentine Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

Destroyer

In navy terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a Naval fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers ....
s for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
: Havock

HMS Havock (1893)

HMS Havock was a Havock class destroyer Destroyer of the Royal Navy. She had a 240 tons displacement , a speed of 27 Knot , and was armed with a single 12-pounder gun, three 6-pounders, and three torpedo tubes....
and Hornet

HMS Hornet (1893)

HMS Hornet was a Havock class destroyer torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy.Built by Yarrow & Company, London, she was laid down in July 1892, launched on 23 December 1893 and completed in July 1894....
of the Havock class

Havock class destroyer

The Havock class was a ship class of destroyer of the United Kingdom Royal Navy. The two ships, HMS Havock and HMS Hornet , built in London in 1893 by Yarrow & Company, were the first TBDs in the Royal Navy....
.

By this time, the Hedley partnership had been dissolved (1875), and the company was known as Yarrow & Co

Yarrow Shipbuilders

Yarrow , Limited , often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipyard, now part of BVT Surface Fleet, a joint venture between BAE Systems and VT Group, which also includes the nearby Govan Shipbuilders....
, and around 1898 moved out of Folly shipyard

Shipyard

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to the nearby London Yard. It was to be a short-lived move, for less than 10 years later (1906–1908) Yarrow gradually moving his yard northwards to Scotstoun

Scotstoun

Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Glasgow, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south....
on the banks of the River Clyde

River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
on the west coast of Scotland

Scotland

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, closing the London shipyard in 1908. An operation in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
was also started. (Yarrows was later purchased by GEC in 1974; in 2003 it was part of BAe Systems Marine

BAE Systems Marine

BAE Systems Marine Ltd. was the shipbuilding subsidiary of BAE Systems which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships....
.)

He lived in Greenwich, London for some years - occupying Woodlands House

Woodlands House

Woodlands House is a Georgian architecture villa, next door to Mycenae House, Mycenae Road, in the Westcombe Park area of the London Borough of Greenwich....
in Mycenae Road, Westcombe Park

Westcombe Park

Westcombe Park is a largely residential area close to the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath, London in the London Borough of Greenwich, south-east London, England....
for some years from 1896.

Knighted in 1916, Sir Alfred displayed extensive philanthropic

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
tendencies throughout his later years, donating towards: a convalescent home on the Isle of Dogs for the benefit of children; residences for soldiers' widows in Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb is a surburb, situated North of Hampstead, to the West of Highgate, and East of Golders Green. It is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in North West London....
(the Barnett Homestead, Erskine Hill); a school, Bearwood College

Bearwood College

Bearwood College, a secondary school public school situated near Wokingham, Berkshire, England, was the Royal Merchant Navy School. It was an all-boys school up to the 1990s when it became co-educational....
, in Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
; a home and hospital for children in Broadstairs

Broadstairs

Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Thanet in East Kent, England, east of London with a population of about 22,000. Situated between Margate, Kent and Ramsgate, it is one of the seaside resorts on the Isle of Thanet, known as the "Jewel in Thanet's crown"....
, Kent

Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
; a scholarship at University College London

University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
; a gallery at Oundle School

Oundle School

Oundle School is a premier Independent school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London since its foundation in 1556, making it one of the oldest surviving public schools in the country....
in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the England East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the United Kingdom Census 2001....
; and medical research at the Royal London Hospital

Royal London Hospital

The Royal London Hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary . The first patients were treated at a house in Featherstone Street, Moorfields in November 1740....
, Whitechapel

Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a built-up inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It is located east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Hanbury Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and Commercial Road on the south....
, among other noble causes. He also left a bequest to the Institution of Civil Engineers

Institution of Civil Engineers

Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineers....
.