Morton Peto
Civil engineer, Politician
1809 – 1889
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Who was Morton Peto?
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer. A partner in the firm of Grissell and Peto, he managed construction firms that built many major buildings and monuments in London, including The Reform Club, The Lyceum, Nelson's Column and the new Houses of Parliament; which made him a millionaire. As a partner in Peto and Betts, he then became one of the major contractors in the building of the rapidly expanding railways of the time.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1809
Woking - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Employment
- Grand Trunk Railway
- Died
- Nov 13, 1889
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on July 23, 2013
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