Andrew Leslie (shipbuilder)

The grave of Andrew Leslie of Coxlodge, Rosebank Cemetery

Andrew Leslie (1818–1894) was a Scottish shipbuilder.[1]

Born in 1818 in Garth, Dunrossness,[2] Shetland to Christian Allison and Robert Leslie, Leslie later moved to Aberdeen. In 1853 Leslie relocated to Hebburn in North-East England where he founded the shipbuilding company A. Leslie and Company.[3] When Andrew Leslie retired in 1886, A. Leslie and Company merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company.[4]

In Hebburn, Leslie largely funded St. Andrew's Church which opened in 1873 and built other buildings including homes for his workers, schools for their children.[2] He was married to Maragret Leslie.[2] Leslie also lived at Coxlodge Hall in Gosforth[5]

He died on 27 January 1894 aged 75. He is buried in a family plot at Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh, against the west wall, near the north-west corner.

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Leslie, Andrew". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49317. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 "Andrew Leslie, Hebburn". Rootsweb. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  3. ↑ "Local Information for Hebburn". Town Info. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Hawthorn Shipbuilders". EdinPhoto. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Newcastle upon Tyne". northumbrian-coast.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
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