George McCorquodale

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George McCorquodale (10 May 1817-1895) was an English printer who founded the McCorquodale Group, once one of the UK's largest printing companies.

Career[]

McCorquodale was the son of Hugh McCorquodale and Lucia Hall. He started his printing career in Liverpool, opening a stationers shop, Liverpool Printing and Stationery Co. Ltd, in 1841,[1] then founding McCorquodale & Co Ltd in Newton-le-Willows in 1846, taking over and converting the former South Lancashire Conservative Association Hall.[2] The company became well-known as a printer for the rail industry, producing many British railway companies' tickets, timetables, posters and other printed work. During the 1870s, McCorquodale opened further factories in Glasgow, London and Leeds.[1] In 1878, Sir Richard Moon, chairman of the London and North Western Railway invited McCorquodale to build a printing works in the railway town of Wolverton.[1] This specialised in printing registered envelopes[3] later diversified into books and commercial stationery.[1]

He held the office of High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1882, and High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1889,[4] living in retirement at in Anglesey.

Family[]

McCorquodale married, firstly, Louisa Kate Honan, daughter of Frederick Honan, on 24 December 1844,[5] and lived for a time in a large house (demolished in the 1930s) in what is today Newton-le-Willows' Willow Park.[6]

After his first wife died in 1870,[7] he married, secondly, Emily Sanderson, daughter of Reverend Thomas Sanderson and Eliza Baddeley, on 1 January 1872 at Southover Church, Lewes in Sussex.[5]

When McCorquodale died in 1895 he left an estate valued at £439,396 (about £48 million in today's terms).[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "M'CORQUODALE & CO. / THE LIVERPOOL PRINTING AND STATIONERY CO. LTD". Commercial Overprints. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Newton Station". Newton Heritage Trail. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. ^ "McCorquodale Printing Company, Wolverton" (PDF). Discover Milton Keynes. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. ^ "No. 25922". The London Gazette. 9 April 1889. p. 2009.
  5. ^ a b "George McCorquodale". The Peerage. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Willow Park". Newton Heritage Trail. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale, Baron McCorquodale Of Newton-le-willows". Epsom and Ewell History Explorer. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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