Sir John Wright, 1st Baronet

Sir John Roper Wright, 1st Baronet (12 March 1843 – 25 July 1926) was a British steel manufacturer.

Wright was born in Croston, near Chorley, Lancashire. He became a pupil at the Soho Engineering Works in Preston and then worked for Sir William Siemens. He established his own company, Wright, Butler & Co, at Gowerton, near Swansea, and founded a number of steel works. His company was later absorbed by Baldwins Ltd, of which he became a director. He became chairman in 1908, succeeding Alfred Baldwin, father of Stanley Baldwin, the future prime minister.

Wright was a prominent Liberal Unionist and unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in 1895 and 1910. He was created a Baronet in the 1920 New Year Honours.[1]

Wright was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Sir William Charles Wright, GBE, upon whose death the title became extinct in 1950.[2]

Footnotes
  1. "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
  2. Profile, dmm.org.uk; accessed 14 June 2015.
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References
  • Obituary, The Times, 27 July 1926


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