Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet

Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet (8 March 1850 – 19 June 1931) was an English politician and shipowner.

Renwick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He joined shipowners Pyman, Bell & Co as a clerk and then co-founded his own business, Fisher, Renwick & Co. He had particularly large interests in drydocks, including the world's first ever floating repair docks, the Tyne Pontoons at Wallsend, which he sold to Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1903. He was the co-founder and chairman of Manchester Dry Docks Ltd on the Manchester Ship Canal and joint managing director of Fisher, Renwick, Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, also based on the Manchester Ship Canal and running scheduled steamer services between Manchester and London.

Renwick was elected to Parliament in 1900 as Conservative member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, serving from 1900 to 1906 and 1908 to 1910, and representing Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1918 to 1922. He paid for the construction of the Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial in Newcastle city centre as a thank offering for the safe return of all five of his sons from the First World War.

His fourth son was MP Gustav Renwick.

He was created a Baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours for his political service. His seat was at Newminster Abbey, Morpeth.

References

• Obituary, The Times, 20 June 1931

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir George Renwick, Bt

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Donaldson Cruddas Sir Charles Frederic Hamond	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1900–1906 With: Sir Walter Richard Plummer	Succeeded by Walter Hudson Thomas Cairns
Preceded by Walter Hudson Thomas Cairns	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1908–January 1910 With: Walter Hudson	Succeeded by Edward Shortt Walter Hudson
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 1918–1922	Succeeded by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Newminster Abbey) 1921–1931	Succeeded by John Robert Renwick