Andrew McIlwraith

1844 - 1932  (88 years)

• Name	Andrew McIlwraith
  Born	11 Jul 1844	Ayr Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Oct 1932	Salcombe
  Buried	Shadycombe
  Person ID	I3386	Salcombe
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family	Mabel Eliza Stephenson Campbell,   b. 1 Jul 1840, North Wingfield, Derbyshire ,   d. 26 Nov 1891, Campbell field Hertford  (Age 51 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1871	Stavely Derbyshire
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jul 1844 - Ayr Scotland Married - 30 Nov 1871 - Stavely Derbyshire Died - 19 Oct 1932 - Salcombe Buried - - Shadycombe  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Andrew McIlwraith

  
  

• Notes

  He had formed, with Malcolm McEacharn, a London-based shipping and mercantile firm, McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co (now ASP Ship Management), trading with Australia. They built up a fleet of ten ships sailing under the name of the Scottish Line to Australia (Melbourne, Victoria and Queensland) and carried many immigrants to Queensland as mentioned in the Cairns Post on Mon 13 June 1927. In 1880, McIlwraith pioneered the shipping of frozen meat and in 1887 opened a branch of his company in Melbourne, Australia, run by his brother John who had emigrated there earlier. He made the last of his many trips to Australia in 1912, after his successful reorganisation of the Tokyo tramways. In 1913, he retired to Salcombe in Devonshire, England, where he became a local benefactor, donating Cliff House to the town to house a library and the Salcombe Yacht Club. He died in 1932.