Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1969) was a Sheffield steel industrialist and philanthropist who gave away over £500,000 to charities, particularly in south Yorkshire and north Nottinghamshire. He was head of the

Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation Neepsend is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, it stands just north-west of the city centre. The main area of Neepsend covers the flood plain of the River Don from Lady's Bridge at the Wicker up to Hillfoot Bridge. The suburb falls within th ...

. He was

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in the 1953 Coronation Honours list and was

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in 1955. In 1962, he founded the Sir Stuart and Lady Florence Goodwin Charity. There is a sports centre in Sheffield named after him, as was the Goodwin Fountain on

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in the same city. The Sir Stuart Goodwin room at

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is named after him. The Lady Goodwin Play Park in

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, Nottinghamshire, is named after Lady Florence. In the 1950s he sponsored and financially supported a number of golf tournaments including the

1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held 4–5 October 1957 at Lindrick Golf Club near Worksop, England. The Great Britain team, led by captain Dai Rees, beat the United States team by a score of 7 to 4 points, and won the Ryder Cup for the first tim ...

and the 1960

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matches at

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. Goodwin was President of Lindrick from 1958 to 1960.

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English philanthropists People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford Businesspeople from Sheffield 1886 births 1969 deaths 20th-century British philanthropists Knights Bachelor High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire 20th-century English businesspeople {{England-business-bio-stub