Eric Yarrow

Sir
Eric Yarrow
Bt MBE DL CEng FRSE MRINA
Born Eric Grant Yarrow
(1920-04-23) 23 April 1920
Frensham, Surrey
Residence Kilmacolm
Nationality United Kingdom British
Education Marlborough
Alma mater University of Glasgow (MA)
Occupation President, Yarrow plc;
Chair, Clydesdale Bank (retd)[1]
Religion Christian
Spouse(s) (1) Rosemary, née Young
(2) Annette, née Steven
(3) Caroline, now Lady Caroline Yarrow
Children 4 sons
Parent(s) Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE (father);
Eleanor (mother), dau. of Reverend Canon Hay Aitken[2]

Sir Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, MBE, DL, FRSE (born 23 April 1920)[3] is a British businessman.

He was born the heir to his baronetcy, the lowest ranked heritable title, lying below a Peerage of the United Kingdom. After serving during World War II as a Major in the Royal Engineers, he joined the family business Yarrow Shipbuilders, in 1946, later becoming President of Yarrow plc until 1987, and was Chairman of Clydesdale Bank from 1985 to 1991.

Yarrow was appointed a Vice-President of RINA in 1972 as well as serving as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company (1970-71), among other charitable activities.

Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for military service in 1946,[4] he succeeded as 3rd baronet in 1962, upon the death of his father, Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE,[5] later becoming a Deputy Lieutenant for Renfrewshire in 1970.[6][7]

Personal life

On 28 April 1951, he married Rosemary Ann Young (who died in 1957). They had one child, a son, Richard Grant Yarrow (born 21 March 1953; died 1987), who by his wife Sheila Allison (married 1982) had two sons, including Ross Yarrow (born 1985), heir presumptive to the title.[8]

Yarrow married second, on 23 May 1959, Annette Elizabeth Françoise Steven, by whom he had three more sons - Norman, Peter (twins, born 1960) and David Yarrow (born 1966).[8] The couple divorced in 1975.

Sir Eric lives in Renfrewshire with his third wife, Caroline Botting, née Masters, whom he married in 1982.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ www.npg.org.uk
  2. ↑ Bio of Rev. Canon W.H.M.H Aitken
  3. ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2014. Sir Eric Yarrow, Chairman, Clydesdale Bank, 1985–91, is 92
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37595. p. 2734. 6 June 1946.
  5. ↑ "Harold Edgar Yarrow". 1 Jan 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014. b. 11 August 1884, d. 19 April 1962
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45142. p. 7379. 3 July 1970.
  7. ↑ "Sir Eric Grant Yarrow". Frost's Scottish Who's Who. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Sir Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Bt.". The Peerage. Retrieved 21 April 2014. b. 23 April 1920
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43613. p. 3197. 30 March 1965.

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE		 Baronet
(of Homestead)
1962 – present 		Succeeded by
Ross Yarrow (heir presumptive)
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