Henry Bolckow
Politician
1806 – 1878
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Who was Henry Bolckow?
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, originally Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Bölckow, was a Victorian industrialist and Member of Parliament, acknowledged as being one of the founders of modern Middlesbrough.
In a lifelong partnership with John Vaughan, Bolckow set up and ran an ironmaking business which became the company Bolckow Vaughan. It came to operate coal mines, limestone quarries and a major ironworks which stimulated the growth of Middlesbrough. Bolckow became the town's Mayor and its first Member of Parliament.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1806
Mecklenburg - Also known as
- Mayor Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow
- Nationality
- England
- Germany
- Died
- Jun 18, 1878
Ramsgate
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on July 23, 2013
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