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About William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland & Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898. He was ennobled as Baron Pirrie in 1906, appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1908 and made Viscount Pirrie in 1921. Lord Pirrie was involved in the building of the Olympic-class ocean liners, along with his nephew Thomas Andrews. In Belfast, he was already a controversial figure: a Protestant employer associated as a leading Liberal with a policy of Home Rule for Ireland.
Everything about William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie →- Occupation
- entrepreneur, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, member of the House of Lords, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 31, 1847
- Died
- June 7, 1924