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Weetman Dickinson Pearson (Viscount Cowdray) (1856-1927) head of of S.
Pearson and Son was an engineer, oil industrialist, and owner of the Pearson conglomerate.
1856 July 15th. Born at Shelley, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, the son of George Pearson and Sarah Dickinson.
1872 Joined the Pearson-family firm of builders and contractors, which had been started by his grandfather Samuel Pearson in 1844.
EDWARD ERNEST PEARSON.
1875 Much impressed by the energy and dynamism of the USA after being sent there on behalf of the company
1879 On his grandfather's retirement, Weetman was given his shares; he and his father were the only partners.
1881 Married Annie Cass
1884 Weetman aggressively expanded the business, moving the headquarters from Yorkshire to London. An early proponent of globalization, he built the Dover harbour, docks in Halifax, railroads and harbors around the world, and the Sennar Dam in Sudan.
In 1889, Porfirio Diaz invited him to Mexico t