George Wimpey (1855–1913) was an

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stonemason, builder and founder of the house building and

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company

George Wimpey George Wimpey was a British construction firm. Formed in 1880 and based in Hammersmith, it initially operated largely as a road surfacing contractor. The business was acquired by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919, and he developed it into a constructi ...

, which became one of the largest construction companies in the

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Career

George Wimpey was born at Brook Green in Hammersmith in 1855 and later lived at 84 The Grove in Hammersmith.''Wimpey - The First 100 Years'', published 1980 In 1888 he went into partnership with Walter Tomes and together they created a business which, under their leadership, constructed many buildings including the first Hammersmith Town Hall and the

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, venue of the 1908

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. In later life he became Vice President of the Marlborough Cricket Club and one of the founding shareholders of

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. He died on 10 February 1913 aged 58 and is buried in the

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Family

Wimpey married Anne Jane Cunningham in 1883 and they had six children.

References

1855 births 1913 deaths 19th-century British businesspeople British construction businesspeople English company founders {{UK-business-bio-stub