Colonel Richard White Bro. Richard Saxton White was born in Southampton on June 15th 1847, son of Captain Richard White of the Royal Navy and the P&O Line. After serving his apprenticeship with Day, Summers and Co of Southampton he was then associated with W. Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton as a draughtsman, and subsequently with Robert Napier and Sons in Glasgow.
gamation of the Armstrong and Walker shipyards in 1919 he was appointed consultative general manager, which position he held up to his retirement in December, 1920.
For many years Colonel White took an active interest in the Volunteer and Territorial Forces and served in all ranks. In 1992 he succeeded Colonel Swan in the command of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Northumberland In 1875 he was appointed manager of Barrow Fusiliers; he held the Volunteer Decoration. shipbuilding company, in this position of manager he was also designed and constructElected a member of the Institute of Metals ed large steamers which included The SS City on May 12, 1911. Colonel White was also a of Rome. In 1883 Richard became the managmember of the Institution of Civil Engineers, er of Walker shipyard in Newcastle where he the Institution of Naval Arwas involved with the develchitects (of which he was a opment and construction of Vice-President), the Institubulk petroleum vessels, as tion of Engineers and Shipwell as other passenger, ice builders in Scotland, and the breakers and general trade North-East Coast Institution vessels. of Engineers and ShipbuildRichard moved back to Glasers, of which he was a Pastgow with the appointment of President. He was a member manager and director of the of the Worshipful Company Fairfield Shipbuilding and of Shipwrights, and a Freeengineering company, Richman of the City of London. ard at the time worked under Bro. Sir William Colonel White served on the Commission apPearce PGM (1880—89). Here he designed pointed by the Home Office for the considerathe Cunard Campania and Luciana and other tion of the Census of Production question. In cross-channel vessels. Mr Richard Saxton 1920 Colonel Richard Saxton White was PresWhite, the latest general manager of Fairfield ident of the North east coast of institutional Shipbuilding yard, is about to take a trip to engineers and shipbuilders. the United States as a guest of Cunard. He is to make his voyage across the Atlantic on the Bro. White died on August 13th 1922 at his Luciana one of the noble ships which he was home in Bournemouth; his estimated worth largely concerned in designing and building at his death was £59.000. Bro. White was inias his last piece of work for the Fairfield com- tiated into Lodge Pollok No.772 in 1892 pany. (below) which was only 2 years old at this point. In 1896 Colonel White returned to the Walker shipyard as general manager and local director, where under his direction many unique designs were developed and im- Thanks to PGL of Glasgow website. portant, vessels constructed. On the amal-
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