Frank Ash Yeo

Frank Ash Yeo (18 August 1832 – 4 March 1888) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.

Frank Ash Yeo MP

Yeo was born at Bideford, Devon, the son of Thomas Yeo and his wife Elizabeth Woollacott. He was educated at Bideford School, and in Germany and France. He moved to Swansea where he was a colliery owner and director of the Swansea Bank and the Swansea Blast Furnace Company.[1] In 1874 he was Mayor of Swansea, and commemorated his Mayoralty by donating the Chain of Office in 1875.[2] In 1878 he became Chairman of Swansea Harbour Trust. He lived at Sketty Hall.

In 1885, Yeo was elected as Member of Parliament for Gower and held the seat until his death three years later at the age of 55.[3]

Yeo married Sarah Cory at Cardiff in 1858. She died in 1863 and he married Mary Dowson of Northallerton in 1868.

References
  1. Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  2. City and County of Swansea – History of the Mayoralty
  3. "Leigh Rayment". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Gower
1885 – 1888		 Succeeded by
David Randell


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