Arthur Dorman
Sir Arthur Dorman | |
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| Born | Arthur John Dorman 8 August 1848 Ashford, Kent, England |
| Died | 12 February 1931 (aged 82) Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, England |
| Education | Christ's Hospital |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Industrialist |
| Employer | Dorman Long |
Sir Arthur John Dorman, 1st Baronet, KBE (8 August 1848 – 12 February 1931) was a British industrialist.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Dorman was born on 8 August 1848, at Ashford, Kent, eldest son of Charles Dorman (1809–1885), of Ashford and Maidstone, a currier in the leather trade, and Emma (died 1914), daughter of Richard Wilson Page.[1][2] He was educated at Christ's Hospital, then situated in Newgate, London.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]He was sent, at the age of 22, by his family to work at a Stockton-on-Tees ironworks, where a relative was a partner. Dorman started as a puddler and rapidly progressed in his career. In 1875, he went into partnership with Albert de Lande Long to acquire the West Marsh Ironworks in Middlesbrough.[4] During the 1880s, they exploited the new steelmaking technologies being introduced at that time, including the use of Open hearth furnaces.[4] Together they built a large industrial concern, Dorman Long, which, by 1914, employed 20,000 people and during the World War I was a major supplier of shells.[4]
He stood for Parliament, only once, as the Conservative candidate for Cleveland, in 1892. He lost the election gaining 4.2% less than his rival, Henry Fell Pease.[5]
Dorman was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1918[6][4] and created a baronet of Nunthorpe in the County of York on 21 July 1923.[7][8]
Family
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In 1873, he married Clara Share (died 1933), daughter of George Lockwood, JP, of Stockton-on-Tees.[1][2] They had four sons and three daughters.[4] His youngest son, George Lockwood Dorman, was killed in the Second Boer War, and is commemorated in the Dorman Museum.[9]
Sir Arthur Dorman died on 12 February 1931, aged 82, at Grey Towers, his home in Nunthorpe, near Middlesbrough.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, sixth edition, A. C. Fox-Davies, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1910, p. 467
- ^ a b A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, and Knightage, 92nd edition, Sir Bernard Burke, Ashworth P. Burke, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1934, p. 797
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External links
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