Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet
Dorchester Hotel, London , England | |
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Died | 4 March 2018 | (aged 82)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet,
Early life and career
Born in
Brought up at the family home in Surrey and educated at Charterhouse,[2] McAlpine joined the family firm from school, starting his career at the Hayes Depot in Middlesex, a 30-acre (120,000 m2) site which housed the McAlpine railway locomotive and wagon fleet. The years after the Second World War were a busy time for the construction industry.
He did his
In 1973, McAlpine purchased the historic British
In 1990, on the death of his father, McAlpine inherited his baronetcy and became Sir William. He was patron of the Clan MacAlpine Society.[4] He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1999. He was a director and trustee of the educational charity Shiplake Court Limited.
In 2007 McAlpine was president of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers to which he had been elected a member in 1985.
He was also the president of the Railway Benevolent Institution, known as the Railway Benefit Fund, a charity helping current and retired railway industry workers.
Railway preservation
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An acknowledged railway enthusiast, McAlpine returned to Hayes depot during the
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After starting Fawley Hill Railway, McAlpine purchased
McAlpine became involved in a plan to save the
McAlpine was also a Patron of the
Three locomotives have been named Sir William McAlpine; Ruston 48 No.294266, once owned by Sir William himself, EWS's 60008 and DB Cargo UK's 90028.[10][11]
Personal life
McAlpine's first wife Jill Benton Jones, whom he married on 31 October 1959, died on 9 February 2004.[1] They had two children:
- Sir Andrew William McAlpine, 7th Baronet (born 22 November 1960)
- Lucinda Mary Jane McAlpine (born 19 June 1964)
He married his second wife, Judith, whom he had known for many years, on 25 March 2004 at the restored station on his private railway.
He died after months of illness on 4 March 2018 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Jill Benton Jones".
- ^ a b c d e "Sir William McAlpine talks to Andy Milne". Railway people. 20 June 2006.
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- ^ Official Homepage of the Worldwide Organization for MacAlpines
- ^ "Fawley". Hampton Court MRS. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Fawley Museum Railway". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.
- ^ Pendennis Castle for Western Australia The Railway Magazine issue 911 March 1977 page 149
- ^ Castle goes down under Railway Gazette International July 1977 page 28
- ^ Flying Scotsman comes home Modern Railways issue 294 March 1973 page 89
- ^ "Flying Scotsman in York as locomotive named after Sir William McAlpine". York Press. 11 January 2019.
- Rail Expressissue 274 March 2019 page 15
- ^ "Saviour of Flying Scotsman dies". Henley Standard. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.