George Burt (Britain)
George Burt ( born October 2, 1816 in Swanage, † April 18, 1894 ) was a stonemason and successful stone dealer. He was a philanthropist and very wealthy businessman and building contractor.
The father of George, Robert (1788-1847), was also a stonemason and a coal dealer, who ran his business in Swanage High Street and his mother was Letitia, born Manwell, (1786-1861), and the sister of John Mowlem. George had five siblings Elizabeth Letitia (1818-1889), Robert Henry (1821-1876), Charles ( 1823 -? ), Francis Alfred (1825 -? ) And Susannah Ann, ' Susy ' ( 1829-1871 ). George grew up in Swanage, Dorset, on.
As a young man, George worked in the quarries of the Isle of Purbeck. He married Elizabeth Hudson (1812-1886) on 19 May 1841 in Paddington, London. The couple had five children, Elizabeth Sophia (1843-1880), John Mowlem (1845-1894), Annie (1846-1918), Emma Rust (1849-1910) and George (1851 - ).
In 1835, Burt moved to London to join the business from Mowlem and in 1844, he was Mowlems partner, along with his brother Joseph Freeman. After the death of John Mowlens in 1868 Burt took over the leadership of the company. Burt was the entrepreneur, the company changed the most and in the financial crisis of 1866-1867, when many companies went bankrupt, he was able to carry out the largest construction contract in this period, the construction of Queen Victoria Street (1869 ).
George Burt bought in 1857 an apartment building in the Georgian style in the main street in Swanage, which was his residence. In 1875 he built the house Purbeck House of Purbeck stone, a building in Neogotikstil. Today it is a hotel. Both John Mowlem as well as George Burt attended by the construction of much of the infrastructure of the city major influence on the development of Swanage. They were responsible for the construction of the first gas and water works and Burt built, designed and donated the Swanage Town Hall.
In 1862 George Burt bought the hilly country around Durlston Head. In this area, some quarries, from which her company won limestone were. He wanted to develop the area a tourist attraction. In 1887 he built a small castle on the hill, a Folly. Durlston Castle was designed by the architect G. R. Crickmay from Weymouth and was built in 1886-87 by W. M. Hardy entirely of local stone. Burt also manufactures the Great Globe, a 40 -ton globe.
George Burt died in Swanage but was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. The leadership of the company passed to his descendants, to Sir John Mowlem Burt (1845-1918) and Sir George Mowlem Burt ( 1884-1964 ).