Pearson, S, & Son Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Pearson, Samuel Weetman
- Pearson, Weetman D
- Cowdray, Lord
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Lazard Brothers
- Economist, The
- Financial Times, The
- Royal Doulton Ltd
- Longmans
- Mexican Eagle Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Cleckheaton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mexico
- New York NY, United States
Sectors:
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Domestic ceramic products manufacture
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Utility services
Electricity generation & supply
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Construction
Inland navigations construction & civil engineering
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Financial services
Merchant & investment banking services
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Publishing & printing
Newspaper & periodical publishing
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Extraction
Oil & gas extraction
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Oil products refining
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Publishing & printing
Other publishing
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Construction
Railways construction & civil engineering
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Construction
Roads construction & civil engineering
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to Samuel Pearson, d1884, who, with his son, established a construction and brickmaking business at Cleckheaton in 1844. Soon after it moved to Bradford and initially focused on railway and water supply contracts. Weetman D Pearson, later Lord Cowdray, 1856-1927, joined in 1872 and soon dominated the business and was sole owner from 1894. By 1882 undertaking London work and transferred head office to London in 1884. By 1890 handling huge international infrastructure contracts and by 1914 was UK's largest construction business. Incorporated 1897. After 1900 diversified into Mexican oil production, refining, transport and marketing to create a major oil business operating as Mexican Eagle Oil Co Ltd, selling his Mexican oil interests to Shell in 1919. From 1920s diversified further into oil, electricity and financial services, in particular acquiring the London merchant bank, Lazard Brothers. Subsequently gave up contracting and developed other business interests that included publishing [Longmans], newspaper ownership [Financial Times and Economist], ceramics manufacture [Royal Doulton], etc, developing a well defined holding company structure as a business conglomerate. For many years continued in ownership and management of Pearson family as a leading UK business. From 1990s refocused as an international publishing/media house
Publications:
- British Lions and Mexican Eagles. Business, politics and empire in the career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919 by Garner, Paul
- Clive Pearson. A life, 1887-1965 by Jolliffe, John
- Domestic politics and foreign investment. British development of Mexican petroleum, 1889-1911 by Brown, Jonathan C
- Global Electrification. Multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007 by Hausman, William J, Peter Hertner & Mira Wilkins
- History of SP&S's Oil Interests in Mexico SA by Reed, C
- Lord Cowdray. A study in personality by O'Connor, Thomas P
- Lord Cowdray's Interests in Mexico, 1889-1919 by Knoblauch, J
- Member for Mexico. A biography of Weetman Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray by Young, Desmond
- Oil and Revolution in Mexico by Brown, Jonathan C
- Pearson and public works construction in Mexico, 1890-1910 by Connolly, Priscilla
- Porfirio, el desague y Weetman Pearson by Weber, J Lopez-Portilloy
- 'Public utility companies' in D C M Platt (ed), Business Imperialism, 1840-1930. An inquiry based on British experience in Latin America by Jones, Linda, Charles A Jones & Robert G Greenhill
- Robbery Under Law. The Mexican object lesson by Waugh, Evelyn
- Russian industry and British business, 1910-1930. Oil and armaments by Jones, Geoffrey, & Clive Trebilcock
- The Pearson Connection Between Leeds Metropolitan University School of the Built Environment and S Pearson & Son Ltd, Public Works Contractors by Murray, Hugh
- 'Weetman Pearson and Mexican oil' in G Jones, The State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry by Jones, Geoffrey
- Weetman Pearson, First Viscount Cowdray, 1856-1927 by Spender, John A
- Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the emergence of a British oil major, 1901-1919 by Bud-Frierman, Lisa, Andrew Godley & Judith Wale
- 'Weetman Pearson, Lord Cowdray, 1856-1927' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- 'Weetman Pearson, Lord Cowdray' in K Middlemas, Master Builders. Thomas Brassey, Sir John Aird, Lord Cowdray, Sir John Norton-Griffiths by Middlemas, Keith
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Pearson, Samuel Weetman
- Pearson, Weetman D
- Cowdray, Lord
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Lazard Brothers
- Economist, The
- Financial Times, The
- Royal Doulton Ltd
- Longmans
- Mexican Eagle Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Cleckheaton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mexico
- New York NY, United States
Sectors:
- Luxury / consumer goods production Domestic ceramic products manufacture
- Utility services Electricity generation & supply
- Construction Inland navigations construction & civil engineering
- Financial services Merchant & investment banking services
- Publishing & printing Newspaper & periodical publishing
- Extraction Oil & gas extraction
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Publishing & printing Other publishing
- Construction Railways construction & civil engineering
- Construction Roads construction & civil engineering
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to Samuel Pearson, d1884, who, with his son, established a construction and brickmaking business at Cleckheaton in 1844. Soon after it moved to Bradford and initially focused on railway and water supply contracts. Weetman D Pearson, later Lord Cowdray, 1856-1927, joined in 1872 and soon dominated the business and was sole owner from 1894. By 1882 undertaking London work and transferred head office to London in 1884. By 1890 handling huge international infrastructure contracts and by 1914 was UK's largest construction business. Incorporated 1897. After 1900 diversified into Mexican oil production, refining, transport and marketing to create a major oil business operating as Mexican Eagle Oil Co Ltd, selling his Mexican oil interests to Shell in 1919. From 1920s diversified further into oil, electricity and financial services, in particular acquiring the London merchant bank, Lazard Brothers. Subsequently gave up contracting and developed other business interests that included publishing [Longmans], newspaper ownership [Financial Times and Economist], ceramics manufacture [Royal Doulton], etc, developing a well defined holding company structure as a business conglomerate. For many years continued in ownership and management of Pearson family as a leading UK business. From 1990s refocused as an international publishing/media housePublications:
- British Lions and Mexican Eagles. Business, politics and empire in the career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919 by Garner, Paul
- Clive Pearson. A life, 1887-1965 by Jolliffe, John
- Domestic politics and foreign investment. British development of Mexican petroleum, 1889-1911 by Brown, Jonathan C
- Global Electrification. Multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007 by Hausman, William J, Peter Hertner & Mira Wilkins
- History of SP&S's Oil Interests in Mexico SA by Reed, C
- Lord Cowdray. A study in personality by O'Connor, Thomas P
- Lord Cowdray's Interests in Mexico, 1889-1919 by Knoblauch, J
- Member for Mexico. A biography of Weetman Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray by Young, Desmond
- Oil and Revolution in Mexico by Brown, Jonathan C
- Pearson and public works construction in Mexico, 1890-1910 by Connolly, Priscilla
- Porfirio, el desague y Weetman Pearson by Weber, J Lopez-Portilloy
- 'Public utility companies' in D C M Platt (ed), Business Imperialism, 1840-1930. An inquiry based on British experience in Latin America by Jones, Linda, Charles A Jones & Robert G Greenhill
- Robbery Under Law. The Mexican object lesson by Waugh, Evelyn
- Russian industry and British business, 1910-1930. Oil and armaments by Jones, Geoffrey, & Clive Trebilcock
- The Pearson Connection Between Leeds Metropolitan University School of the Built Environment and S Pearson & Son Ltd, Public Works Contractors by Murray, Hugh
- 'Weetman Pearson and Mexican oil' in G Jones, The State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry by Jones, Geoffrey
- Weetman Pearson, First Viscount Cowdray, 1856-1927 by Spender, John A
- Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the emergence of a British oil major, 1901-1919 by Bud-Frierman, Lisa, Andrew Godley & Judith Wale
- 'Weetman Pearson, Lord Cowdray, 1856-1927' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- 'Weetman Pearson, Lord Cowdray' in K Middlemas, Master Builders. Thomas Brassey, Sir John Aird, Lord Cowdray, Sir John Norton-Griffiths by Middlemas, Keith