Brodie McGhie Willcox

Brodie McGhie Willcox (1786–1862) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and the co-founder of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, one of the United Kingdom's largest shipping businesses.

Career

Having established himself as a shipbroker, Brodie Willcox recruited Arthur Anderson initially as a clerk and then as a partner to operate a shipping business sailing around the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]

In 1837 Brodie Willcox and Arthur Anderson established the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.^[2] Brodie Willcox served as the first Managing Director of the business which by the 1860s was the owner of the largest steamship fleet in the World.^[2]

In the 1847 general election Brodie Willcox was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton. He remained an MP for the rest of his life.^[3]

He died in Roydon near Portsmouth in 1862 in an accident.^[2] He is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.^[4]^[5]

Family

He was married to Sophia Ann Willcox (née Van der Gucht).^[4]

References

^ "P&O History" (PDF). portal.pohub.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Brodie Willcox at P&O Ships
^ They Work for You
^ ^a ^b Historic England
^ Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 135. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Brodie Willcox

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Preceded by George Hope Humphrey St John Mildmay	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1847–1862 With: Sir Alexander Cockburn to 1857 Thomas Weguelin 1857–1859 William Seymour from 1859	Succeeded by William Rose William Seymour

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[1] "P&O History" (PDF). portal.pohub.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ships-2] Brodie Willcox at P&O Ships

[3] They Work for You

[grave-4] Historic England

[FC-5] Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 135. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

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