Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
The Viscount Cowdray | |
|---|---|
| President of the Air Board | |
| In office 3 January 1917 – 26 November 1917 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | The Earl Curzon of Kedleston |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Rothermere |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Weetman Dickinson Pearson 15 July 1856 Shelley, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1 May 1927 (aged 70) Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Annie Cass |
| Children | Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray Bernard Clive Pearson Francis Geoffrey Pearson Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman |
| Occupation | engineer, building contractor, politician |
| Known for | engineering projects, oil companies, MP Colchester, philanthropy |
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, GCVO, PC (15 July 1856 – 1 May 1927), known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt between 1894 and 1910, and as Lord Cowdray between 1910 and 1917, was an English engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician. He was the owner of the Pearson conglomerate.