Richard Peacock
@richardpeacock
engineer and politician from United Kingdom
Building Beyer, Peacock and Company as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1820–1889
- Educated at
- Leeds Grammar School
About
Richard Peacock (1820–1889) was an engineer and politician. They were born in River Swale. They studied at Leeds Grammar School. They served as member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom.
In context
Beyer, Peacock and Company was founded in 1854 and closed in 1966, after 112 years. Among the 13 other locomotive manufacturing companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 89 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Named alongside
- Charles BeyerFounder
Contribution
Richard's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.