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Alfred Yarrow

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His first wife, married in 1875, was Minnie Florence Franklin, daughter of Theodosia (née Balderson; daughter of Major G. R. Balderson) and Frank Franklin. Frank's family were Jewish emigrants from Germany. Yarrow's daughter Minnie Ethel Yarrow was invested as an Officer of the
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Azure in base on the sea Proper an ancient three-masted ship sailing to the sinister Argent in chief two swallows volant of the last each holding in the beak a harebell slipped also Proper.
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L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, UK: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 99.
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Yarrow's strong naval engineering capabilities and inventive mind were behind a number of inventions designed to drive ships ever faster, and in 1912 he was appointed to the
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tendencies throughout his later years, donating towards: a convalescent home on the Isle of Dogs for the benefit of children; residences for soldiers' widows in
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background and his father was from an English Christian family; Yarrow was raised a Christian. He was educated at
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The Shipbuilding industry: a guide to historical records by L. A. Ritchie, Manchester University Press, 1992,
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in Eric's memory which is known as the Yarrow Gallery. Son Norman Alfred Yarrow (10 July 1891-d. 1956) ran
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Yarrow had two other daughters, Florence Yarrow (d. 8 March 1948) and Evelyn Yarrow (d. 13 January 1963).
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for some years from 1896. In 1899, Yarrow encouraged a young engineer who lived nearby in Greenwich,
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Above clouds Proper a swallow volant Argent holding in the beak a yarrow flower slipped also Proper.
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By this time, the Hedley partnership had been dissolved (1875), and the company was known as
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Lady Yarrow): Alfred Yarrow His Life & Works. London: Edward Arnold, 1923.
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Eleanor Lady Yarrow, née Eleanor Cecilia Barnes, 2nd wife of Sir Alfred Yarrow
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Yarrow married his second wife Eleanor Cecilia Barnes on 2 December 1922.
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This photo of Woodlands House appeared in the November 1897 edition of
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Yarrow ventured into military vessels from the early 1870s, building
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2/Lt Eric Fernandez Yarrow, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders –
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navies, among other customers. Then in 1892 he built the first two
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The Yarrow Gallery at Oundle School, Northamptonshire, England
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In 1918, he donated an Art Gallery to 504:in 1916, Sir Alfred displayed extensive 319:Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet 770:Grace's Guide. Accessed: 11 March 2021. 725: 623: 560:(OBE); she married on 18 December 1900 942:, Routledge. Retrieved: 11 March 2021. 689: 564:physician to King George V. The actor 524:; a home and hospital for children in 651:Eric Yarrow, son of Sir Alfred Yarrow 430:, and around 1898 moved out of Folly 337:Yarrow was born of humble origins in 7: 471:Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines 49:adding citations to reliable sources 580:Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 485:, London for some years, occupying 916:National Heritage List for England 14: 895:. 22 February 1916. p. 1946. 825:. 2 August 1912. pp. 5721–2. 791:Yarrow, Sir Alfred, First Baronet 1059:Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1012:Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 672: 656: 644: 626: 25: 780:Goodworth Clatford Village Club 516:, Erskine Hill); a school, the 260: 240: 36:needs additional citations for 690:Coat of arms of Alfred Yarrow 663:Grave of Sir Alfred Yarrow in 550:Institution of Civil Engineers 283:Edgar Williams Yarrow (father) 1: 807:. 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