William Vansittart Bowater (15 March 1838 – 28 April 1907) was the founder of

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, which became one of the world's largest producers of newspaper print. Today it had been broken up into a series of market-leading paper-based products business, including packaging business

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Career

Having trained as a manager with ''James Wrigley'' in print

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, Bowater decided to establish himself in business as a paper agent in 1881.Grace's Guide
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'' and the ''

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''. Bowater married Eliza Jane Davey in 1861 and they went on to have nine children, including Sir Vansittart Bowater and Sir Frank Bowater, both of whom were to become

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/ref> They lived at Bury Hall in

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north of London.

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1838 births 1907 deaths 19th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-stub