George Burton Hunter
George Burton Hunter KBE DSC | |
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 Hunter in 1920 | |
| Born | 19 December 1845 Sunderland, England |
| Died | 21 January 1937 (aged 91) Jesmond, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Shipbuilder |
Sir George Burton Hunter KBE DSC (19 December 1845 – 21 January 1937) was an English shipbuilder based on Tyneside.
Career[]
Born in Sunderland, Hunter was a pupil under Thomas Meek before being apprenticed to William Pile, his cousin.[1] In 1869 he moved to Clydeside where he worked for R. Napier & Sons.[1] He returned to Wearside in 1873 and formed a partnership with S. P. Austin; this partnership was dissolved in 1879 and instead Burton became Manager of a new firm known as C. S. Swan & Hunter on Tyneside.[1] By 1893 the firm was the largest shipbuilder on Tyneside.[1] The business was incorporated in 1895 with Hunter as Chairman.[1]
He became Mayor of Wallsend in 1901 and was knighted in 1918.[1]
Burton acquired Wallsend Hall in 1914 and then presented the hall and its grounds to Wallsend Corporation in 1919: the facility evolved to become the Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital.[2]
Family[]
In 1873 he married Annie Hudson: they went on to have four daughters and two sons.[1] He lived at The Willows in Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Ritchie, Lionel Alexander (23 September 2004). "Hunter, Sir George Burton (1845–1937), shipbuilder". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34062. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "GB Hunter Memorial Hospital, Wallsend, 1958". The Guardian. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Hunter family history[dead link]
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