Percy G. B. Westmacott

Who was Percy G. B. Westmacott?

Percy Graham Buchanan Westmacott was a British mechanical engineer.

He was apprenticed to Miller, Ravenhill and Co, Blackwall. In 1851 he joined the William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong's Elswick Works as a draughtsman. When Armstrong was appointed to superintend the manufacture of guns at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich in 1895, Westmacott was entrusted with the technical management of the engine works at Elswick, and during this time contributed to the development of the hydraulic lifting machinery department.

In 1864 he became a partner in the company of Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co, formed in that year, and became Managing Director when the firm became a limited company in 1882.

He married Annette Beatrice; they had children:

Evelyn Westmacott

Henry A. Westmacott

John Westmacott

Lewis Westmacott Married 20 April 1898, Evelyn Bayley, of Dublin.

Mabel Westmacott

Rachel Westmacott

Gerald Westmacott