Andrew Leslie (shipbuilder) explained

Andrew Leslie (1818–1894) was a Scottish shipbuilder.[1]

Born in 1818 in Garth, Dunrossness,[2] Shetland to Christian Allison and Robert Leslie, Leslie later moved to Aberdeen.[3] In 1853 Leslie relocated to Hebburn in North-East England where he founded the shipbuilding company A. Leslie and Company.[4] When Andrew Leslie retired in 1886, A. Leslie and Company merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company.[5]

In Hebburn, Leslie largely funded St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, which opened in 1873, and built other buildings including homes for his workers, schools for their children.[2] He was married to Margaret Leslie.[2] Leslie also lived at Coxlodge Hall in Gosforth[6]

He died on 27 January 1894 aged 75. He is buried in a family plot at Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh,[7] against the west wall, near the north-west corner.

Notes and References

  1. 49317. Leslie, Andrew. Anne Pimlott. Baker.
  2. Web site: Andrew Leslie, Hebburn . Rootsweb . 2004-10-05 . 2008-05-05.
  3. Web site: Andrew Leslie - Graces Guide. 2021-07-21. www.gracesguide.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Local Information for Hebburn . Town Info . 2008-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108021252/http://www.town-info.co.uk/England/County_Durham/Hebburn/Info.html . 2010-01-08 .
  5. Web site: Hawthorn Shipbuilders . EdinPhoto . 2008-05-05.
  6. Web site: Newcastle upon Tyne . northumbrian-coast.co.uk . 2008-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080726194938/http://www.northumbrian-coast.co.uk/newcastle.htm . 2008-07-26 .
  7. Web site: Andrew Leslie Hebburn People. 2021-07-21. www.tynebuiltships.co.uk.