Patrick Milne of Crimonmogate
Wealthy Scottish merchant, politician, and landowner; commissioned Aberdeen architects to design two houses.
Industrialist, Landowner, Politician, Scottish
Industrialist
Industrialist, Politician
Caleb Wright
Factory owner and Liberal Member of Parliament, born in Tyldesley, Lancashire.
English, Industrialist, Philanthropist, Politician
Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet
British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician who, with Ludwig Mond, created the chemical company Brunner Mond.
Industrialist, Inventor, Philanthropist
John Kemp Starley
Inventor of the safety bicycle and founder of what became known as the Rover car manufacturing company.
Industrialist, Philanthropist
John Rylands
English entrepreneur and philanthropist (1801–1888), owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester’s first multi-millionaire.
Self-made millionaire from Aberdeen.
Industrialist, Philanthropist, Politician
Edward Akroyd
Textile manufacturer, politician and philanthropist.
Industrialist
James Burton
James Burton (1784–1868) was the owner of several cotton mills in Tyldesley and Hindsford in the mid-19th century.
Industrialist, Philanthropist
John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
Scottish chemical manufacturer, supporter of religious causes, philanthropist and Liberal politician
