Lowthian Bell

Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet ( born February 18, 1816; † December 20, 1904 ), often carried out under Lowthian Bell, was a British industrialist in the steel industry and liberal politician. He counted temporarily thanks to its extensive industrial holdings of the wealthiest British. Among his most important industrial holdings included ironworks at Port Clarence on the north bank of the tea, he owned jointly with his brothers. He was the founder of the first British industrial plant for the production of aluminum.

In addition to its economic undertakings, he was both scientifically and politically active. He conducted research in particular to improvements in iron and steel production and was also a member of the Royal Society. Twice he was mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, and he sat in the British Parliament from February to June 1874 as well as 1875 to 1880. He was the founder of an industrial union in the steel essence, which he chaired from 1873 to 1875. In 1874, he became the first with the Bessemer Gold Medal, which was donated by Henry Bessemer. In 1884 he was president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Privately, he was married in 1842 to Margaret Pattinson, daughter of Hugh Lee Pattinson, who had developed the Pattinson process for the separation of silver and lead. His children include, inter alia Thomas Hugh Bell, who in turn was the father of British Orientalist and explorer Gertrude Bell.