Henry Bolckow
British businessman and politician
Died when: 71 years 192 days (858 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, originally Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Bölckow, (8 December 1806 – 18 June 1878) 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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