Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet [SEP] date of death
Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet
Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet (13 March 1823 – 22 June 1893) was a Scottish ship-owner and businessman who built up substantial commercial interests in India and East Africa. He established the British-India Steam Navigation Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
He was born in Campbeltown, Argyll, and after starting in the grocery trade there, went to Glasgow and worked for a merchant who had Asian trading interests.
Biography Career
William Mackinnon
William Mackinnon may refer to:
- Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet (1823–1893), Scottish ship-owner and businessman
- William Alexander Mackinnon (politician, born 1789), British MP for Dunwich 1819–1820, Lymington 1831–1832 and 1835–1852, MP for Rye 1852–1865
- William Alexander Mackinnon (1813–1903), British MP for Lymington 1857–1868
- Sir William Alexander Mackinnon (1830–1897), Director-General of the British Army Medical Service
- William Henry Mackinnon (1852–1929), British Army General