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McAlpine was also a Patron of the Swanage Railway Trust, as well as President of the Transport Trust, the charity dedicated to the preservation of all modes of transport and its infrastructure. Three locomotives have been named Sir William McAlpine; Ruston 48 No.294266, once owned by Sir William himself, EWS's 60008 and DB Cargo UK's 90028. [10 ...
His son Christopher McAlpine (1919–2008) was a diplomat and banker. Edwin McAlpine, the second son of the second son of the 1st Baronet, ran the family firm during its highly successful period creating nuclear power stations and was created a life peer as Baron McAlpine of Moffat in 1980 before succeeding as 5th Baronet in 1983.
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Edwin was the second son of William Hepburn McAlpine. He joined the family firm when he left Oundle School at the age of 18, becoming a partner in the 1950s. In 1955, he became deputy chairman of the Nuclear Power Plant Co., becoming the chairman four years later, overseeing the construction of seven nuclear power stations for Sir Robert McAlpine.
William McAlpine may refer to: William J. McAlpine (1812–1890), American civil engineer; Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet (1936–2018), British businessman;
William J. McAlpine was born in New York City, the son of John H. McAlpine (1783–1865) and Elizabeth (Jarvis) McAlpine (1792–1879). In 1827, he began civil engineering as a pupil of John B. Jervis, with whom he remained until 1836.
On 21 August 1889, McAlpine married Florence Margaret Palmer and had one son: Archibald Douglas McAlpine (1890–1981) and two daughters, Emma and Roberta. [6] Roberta married Richard Lloyd George and was the mother of Owen Lloyd George, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor. McAlpine died while at sea onboard MV Warwick Castle of a cerebral haemorrhage.
McAlpine was born at The Dorchester in Mayfair, London. [3] His great-grandfather was "Concrete Bob", Robert McAlpine, [2] the first of the McAlpine baronets and the founder of the McAlpine construction firm. He was the second son of Ella Mary Gardner (Garnett) and Edwin McAlpine, the fifth Baronet, and the brother of William McAlpine, the ...