Brodie McGhie Willcox

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Brodie McGhie Willcox (1786 - 1862) was a Liberal Member of Parliament and the co-founder of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, one of the United Kingdom's largest shipping businesses.

Career

Having established himself as a shipbroker, Brodie Willcox recruited Arthur Anderson initially as a clerk and then as a partner to operate a shipping business sailing around the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]

In 1837 Brodie Willcox and Arthur Anderson established the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[2] Brodie Willcox served as the first Managing Director of the business which by the 1860s was the owner of the largest steamship fleet in the World.^[2]

In the 1847 General Election Brodie Willcox became Liberal Member of Parliament for Southampton: he remained an MP for the rest of his life.^[3]

He died in Roydon near Portsmouth in 1862 in an accident.^[2] He is buried at Highgate Cemetery.^[4]

Family

He was married to Sophia Anne Willcox.^[4]

References

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Brodie Willcox

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Hope Humphrey St John Mildmay	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1847–1862 With: Sir Alexander Cockburn to 1857 Thomas Weguelin 1857–1859 William Seymour from 1859	Succeeded by William Rose William Seymour

Persondata
Name	Willcox, Brodie MacGhie
Alternative names
Short description	British politician and businessman
Date of birth	1786
Place of birth
Date of death	1862
Place of death

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