Leonard Fairclough

This article is about the person. For the company he founded, see Leonard Fairclough & Son.

Leonard Fairclough (1853–1927) was a stonemason who founded Leonard Fairclough & Son which later merged with William Press Group to become AMEC, one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses.

Career

Fairclough was born in 1853 in Adlington.[1] He apprenticed locally and duly qualified as a stonemason.[1] He set up in business on his own in 1883, initially carving funeral monuments.[1] He subsequently brought his son, Leonard Miller Fairclough, into the business which was renamed Leonard Fairclough & Son.[1] They gradually moved into general contracting building their first bridge in 1905.[1]

Leonard Fairclough Senior was Chairman of the business until he died in 1927.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Adlington: History