Leonard Fairclough

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Leonard Fairclough (1853–1927) was a stonemason who founded Leonard Fairclough & Son which later merged with William Press Group to become AMEC, one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses.

Leonard Fairclough & Son Ltd was a construction firm based in Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is most famous for accepting the contract to destroy the Euston Arch.

William Press Group was a leading British engineering business which merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son to become a FTSE 100 company, AMEC.

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Career

Fairclough was born in 1853 in Adlington, Lancashire. [1] He apprenticed locally and duly qualified as a stonemason. [1] He set up in business on his own in 1883, initially carving funeral monuments. [1] He subsequently brought his son, Leonard Miller Fairclough, into the business which was renamed Leonard Fairclough & Son . [1] They gradually moved into general contracting building their first bridge in 1905. [1]

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Leonard Fairclough Senior was Chairman of the business until he died in 1927. [1]

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