| 词条 | Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet |
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Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet (10 December 1795 – 2 June 1890) was a Scottish shipping magnate. Burns was born in Glasgow, the son of Rev John Burns (1744–1839), a Presbyterian minister. George was the younger brother of James Burns (1789-1871), with whom he formed a partnership, J. & G. Burns. Together, they started sailing ships between Glasgow and Liverpool, as well as across the Atlantic to Canada and the United States. J. & G. Burns set up the regular steamer service to the Inner and Outer Hebrides. This was sold to David Hutcheson & Co in 1851, and by the mid-1870s, it formed the basis of David MacBrayne Ltd, which today operates as Caledonian MacBrayne across the west coast of Scotland. Burns was party to the consolidation of a number of companies, including the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, into the Cunard Line, which had been begun by Sir Samuel Cunard. The Cunard Line merged with the White Star Line in 1936, and was to launch liners such as the RMS Queen Mary (1936). Today it is a US-owned cruise company, which operated the famous RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2). In addition to his shipping interests, Burns was also one of the largest shareholders in The Glasgow and South-Western Railway Burns retired to Wemyss Bay in Renfrewshire (Inverclyde). He was made a baronet at age 94 in 1889,[1] the oldest ever recipient of the award. A devout Episcopalian, Edwin Hodder wrote a hagiography of Burns, and J.J. Burnet's Inverclyde Church was instituted in the memory of Burns and his wife. John Burns (1829–1901), his eldest son, succeeded him in the baronetcy, became head of the Cunard Company and was created a peer, under the title of Baron Inverclyde, in 1897. References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25948 |date=25 June 1889 |page=3407}} External links{{DNB01 poster|Burns, George|Sir George Burns}}{{Wikisource1911Enc|Burns, Sir George}}{{-}}{{S-start}}{{s-reg|uk-bt}}{{s-new|creation}}{{s-ttl|title=Baronet(of Wemyss Bay)|years=1889 – 1890}}{{s-aft | after=John Burns}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, George}}{{UK-business-bio-stub}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}} 9 : 1795 births|1890 deaths|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|People from Glasgow|Scottish Episcopalians|Cambuslang|Scottish businesspeople|People associated with Inverclyde|British businesspeople in shipping |
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