Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat

Robert Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat (23 April 1907 – 7 January 1990), grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, was a British construction magnate who headed Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd.

Career

Edwin was the second son of William Hepburn McAlpine. In common with his elder brother Tom and younger brother Malcolm, he joined the family firm when he left Oundle School at the age of 18, becoming a partner in the 1950s. In 1955, he became deputy chairman of the Nuclear Power Plant Co., becoming the chairman four years later, overseeing the construction of seven nuclear power stations for Sir Robert McAlpine.^[1]

He was knighted in 1963^[2] and was made a life peer as Baron McAlpine of Moffat, of Medmenham in the County of Buckinghamshire on 21 February 1980.^[3] He inherited the family baronetcy in 1983 on the death of his brother Tom.

He was an enthusiastic racehorse breeder and owned his own stud at Henley-on-Thames, was chairman of Sandown Park Racecourse and was a frequent gambler.

Family

On 8 December 1930 McAlpine married Ella Mary Gardner Garnett (d. 1987). They had four children: Patricia (b. 1932), William (1936–2018), (Robert) Alistair (1942–2014), and David (b. 1946). The sons also joined the family firm.

Arms

Coat of arms of Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat
Crest A cubit arm grasping a chaplet of pine fructed all Proper. Escutcheon Per chevron Vert and Or two chevronels one in chief Argent, the other in base Azure. Supporters Two horses reguardant Argent crined and unguled Or, each holding in its mouth a sprig of pine fructed Proper and on a compartment of moorland and heather Proper. Motto Buigo Sure ^[4]

References

^ McAlpine, (Robert) Edwin, Baron McAlpine of Moffat, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 9 November 2012
^ "No. 43058". The London Gazette. 19 July 1963. p. 6071.
^ "No. 48110". The London Gazette. 26 February 1980. p. 3049.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985.

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