| 词条 | Alfred James McAlpine |
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CareerAfter leaving Repton School, he joined the family business Sir Robert McAlpine, under his father who ran operations in Northwest England. In 1935, following the death of Sir Robert and his eldest son, Alfred ran the northwest independently, although the legal separation was not completed until 1940, when Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son was formed. Under a non-compete agreement with its former parent company, Sir Alfred McAlpine confined itself to civil engineering and to the northwest of England.[2] James became chairman of the company after the death of his father in 1944. Under James's chairmanship, Alfred McAlpine floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1958 under the name Marchwiel Holdings, only changing its public name to Alfred McAlpine PLC in 1985.[3] This followed the decision in 1983 to end the non-compete agreement with Robert McAlpine allowing the firm to expand geographically.[4] In 1985, James retired, and handed over chairmanship of the company to his son Robert James "Bobby" McAlpine.[5] FamilyMcAlpine was married five times and had four children.[6] He lived at Gerwyn Hall in the village of Marchwiel near Wrexham, Denbighshire, and played cricket for Denbighshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1930 and 1935, mostly on the cricket ground at his father's nearby home.[1] Car collectionA noted car collector, he kept and maintained his large private collection in the various outbuildings of the hall. The collection included example models from: Alvis, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bristol, Bugatti, Jaguar, Jensen and Rolls-Royce. He and his chauffeur's preferred mode of transport was a 1934 V12 engined Hispano-Suiza J12, which was often seen at Wrexham Golf Club where he was president.[7] DeathMcAlpine died in hospital at Wrexham in 1991. References
1. ^1 Cricket Archive. Accessed 11 November 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:McAlpine, Alfred James}}2. ^Gray, pp. 23-5 3. ^Gray, pp. 68-9 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j2440/mcalpine-v-mcalpine.htm |title="McAlpine vs McAlpine" High Court Judgement |publisher=Her Majesty's Courts Service |date=31 March 2004 |accessdate=11 July 2008| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060517213441/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j2440/mcalpine-v-mcalpine.htm| archivedate = 17 May 2006}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sir_Alfred_McAlpine_and_Son|title=Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son|publisher=Graces Guide|accessdate=10 November 2012}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p7364.htm#i73631|title=Alfred James McAlpine|publisher=ThePeerage.com|accessdate=10 November 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1t7e4/BangoronDeeJuly2011/resources/8.htm|title=The Flying Stock of Gerwyn|publisher=Bangor on Dee Magazine|date=July 2011|accessdate=11 November 2012}} 5 : People educated at Repton School|1908 births|1991 deaths|McAlpine family|British chief executives |
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