William Vansittart Bowater

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William Vansittart Bowater (15 March 1838 – 28 April 1907) was the founder of Bowater, which became one of the world's largest producers of newspaper print. Today it had been broken up into a series of market-leading paper-based products business, including packaging business Rexam.

Rexam plc was a British-based multinational consumer packaging company headquartered in London, England. After spending much of its life as a paper producer known as Bowater, it diversified and became a leading manufacturer of beverage cans. It had 55 plants in over 20 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and South America. In June 2016, Rexam was acquired by Ball Corporation for $8.4 billion.

Career

Having trained as a manager with James Wrigley in print paper manufacturing in Manchester, Bowater decided to establish himself in business as a paper agent in 1881. [1] The business expanded rapidly in the final decades of the nineteenth century, supplying newsprint for both the Daily Mail and the Daily Chronicle . [1]

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Bowater married Eliza Jane Davey in 1861 and they went on to have nine children, including Sir Vansittart Bowater and Sir Frank Bowater, both of whom were to become Lord Mayor of London. [2]

Major Sir Frank Henry Bowater, 1st Baronet, TD, CStJ was Lord Mayor of London from 1938 to 1939, son of William Vansittart Bowater and his wife Eliza Jane née Davey.

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They lived at Bury Hall in Edmonton north of London. [2]

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