| 词条 | Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon |
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Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon (1870–1944), known as Sir Frederick Lewis, Bt, between 1918 and 1932, was a British shipping magnate. BiographyFredrick Lewis was born in 1870 in Witton Park.[1] In 1883, aged 13, he joined Furness Withy & Co, a major shipping company, based in Hartlepool.[1] By 1919 he had risen to be a Director of the Company and in that year he led a consortium that took ownership of the business.[1] In 1932 he became Chairman of Royal Mail Lines, which was created from the assets of the collapsed Royal Mail Steam Packet Company after the Royal Mail Case.[2] Lewis was created a Baronet in 1918 and raised to the peerage as Baron Essendon, of Essendon in the County of Hertford, in 1932.[3] He was instrumental in developing a system of sea water distillers which could produce fresh water in lifeboats during an emergency at sea.[1] He died in 1944.[1] FamilyHe married (Daisy Ellen) Eleanor Harrison. They had a son, Brian, who became a well-known racing driver, and daughter Frieda (1898–1979), who married Ian Patrick Robert Napier in 1927. References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url= http://www.red-duster.co.uk/PRINCE2.htm |title=Prince Line |work=The Red Duster |publisher=Merchant Navy Association |accessdate=}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Nicol |first=Stuart |year=2001 |title=MacQueen's Legacy; Ships of the Royal Mail Line |volume=Two |place=Brimscombe Port and Charleston, SC |publisher=Tempus Publishing |isbn=0-7524-2119-0 |page=138}} 3. ^{{cite hansard |house=House of Lords |chapter-url= http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1932/jul/05/lord-essendon |date=5 July 1932 |volume=85 |column=539}} External links
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