Percy G. B. Westmacott

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Percy Graham Buchanan Westmacott (1830 Edinburgh – 10 September 1917) was a British mechanical engineer.[1][2][3]

Westmacott undertook his apprenticeship at Miller, Ravenhill & Co, Blackwall. He joined W.G. Armstrong's Elswick Works as a draughtsman in 1851. By 1864 he was a partner in the company and in 1882 he became Managing Director.[4]

He married Annette Beatrice (née Berners); their children were:

  • Evelyn Westmacott (born c 1862)
  • Claude Berners Westmacott (born 1865)[5]
  • Henry A. Westmacott (born 1866)
  • John Westmacott (born c 1873)
  • Lewis Westmacott (born 3 August 1871, died 27 November 1949) Married 20 April 1898, Evelyn Bayley, of Dublin.
  • Mabel Westmacott (born c 1876)
  • Rachel Westmacott (born c 1878)
  • Gerald Westmacott (born c April 1880)[6]

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