Person Yarrow; Sir; Alfred Fernandez (1842 - 1932); marine engineer and shipbuilder Yarrow Alfred Fernandez Sir marine engineer and shipbuilder 1842 - 1932 British Male 2 Bury Court, St Mary Axe, London, England 13 January 1842 1842011 Savoy Hotel, the Strand, London, England 24/01/1932 19320124 Burial: Highgate Cemetery, London

Marine engineer Engineering Education: University College School, London Career: Apprenticed to Ravenhill, Salkeld & Co., marine engine builders (1857); attended lectures of Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution (FRS 1824) with his friend James Hilditch, with whom he patented a steam carriage and a steam plough (1861); partnered with a Mr Hedley and established a works at Folly Wall, Isle of Dogs, Poplar London (1865); dissolved the partnership (1875); developed his business which was incorporated as a limited liability company, Yarrow & Co Ltd (1897); moved the enterprise to Scotstoun, on the River Clyde (1906-1908); retired to Hampshire (1913); returned to work building destroyers, and developing shallow-draught gunboats, for the war effort (1914); gave considerable donations to projects related to shipbuilding, including £20, 000 towards the building of a test tank for shup models at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington (1911); gave £100, 000 to the Royal Society for the establishment of research professorships (1923); founded the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs, Kent, gave to the London Hospital, and donated for training of nurses in Glasgow and provision of nurses in remote areas of Scotland. Honours: Bt 1916 Parents: Edgar Williams Yarrow (1804–1867) of Barnsbury, London, and his wife, Esther Lindo (1797–1889), daughter of Moses Dacosta Lindo, a West Indies merchant. Spouse: 1) Minnie Florence Franklin (1852/3–1922) (24 March 1875); 2) Eleanor Cecilia Barnes (1871–1953), daughter of Goodwin Barnes, coal proprietor (2 December 1922). Children: 1st marriage) three daughters and three sons, the youngest son was killed in action in 1915. Fellow 11/05/1922 80 William Cawthorne Unwin; Henry Bradwardine Jackson; Hugh Longbourne Callendar; Archibald Geikie; Philip Watts; Ernest George Coker; William Henry Mahoney Christie William Ernest Dalby; Dugald Clerk; Robert Hadfield; Charles Algernon Parsons; Alexander Blackie William Kennedy; Henry Reginald Arnulph Mallock; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; John Isaac Thornycroft Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 7-11, plate, by Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson d'Eyncourt International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1932.0003 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH9401 13 Jan 1842 - 24 Jan 1932 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 03/07/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1842 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 7d7b3b70-e92f-4975-9233-07db0b3ef8b5