Biography
He apprenticed at age 15 to an engineering firm and in 1862.
He established Yarrow and Hedley with a partner on the Isle of Dogs in London.
He and his partner parted in 1875.
He moved his plant to Scotstoun on the Clyde in 1906.
In 1906 he bought the British Columbia Marine Railway Co. in Esquimalt BC.
He was granted a baronetcy during World War One in 1916.
He was the father of Norman, Harold and Eric Yarrow.
References
- Taylor, G.W. (1982)
- Burke's Peerage and Baronatage (105th ed). (1975) London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
