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- http://www.thwaites.co.uk/news
More on his ancestors at https://ancestorium.com/tng/verticalchart.php?personID=I000035&tree=1&parentset=0&display=vertical&generations=10 & http://www.thepeerage.com/p616.htm#i6153
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Below from http://www.thepeerage.com/p616.htm#i6153
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh1
M, #6153, b. 23 May 1923
Last Edited=5 Nov 2004
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh was born on 23 May 1923.1 He is the son of Major Richard Guy Cecil Yerburgh and Hilda Violet Helena de Bunsen.1 He married Anne Jean Mary Maclaren, daughter of N. Peter Maclaren, on 2 March 1973.1
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.1 & Magdelene College, Cambridge. He fought in the Second World War, in the Irish Guards.1 He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries and Galloway (Stewartry Division) in 1990.1 He lived in 1999 at Barwhillanty, Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.1
Children of John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh and Anne Jean Mary Maclaren
Henrietta Yerburgh b. 31 Dec 19731
Arabella Yerburgh b. 16 Mar 19751
Roseanna Yerburgh b. 27 Dec 19771
Matilda Yerburgh b. 3 May 19791
Oscar Guy Hamelin Yerburgh b. 16 Oct 19831
Citations
[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 67. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
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John Yerburgh - obituary
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10951781/John-Yerburgh-obituary.html
John Yerburgh was the head of his family brewery who combined business acumen with respect for tradition.
John Yerburgh, who has died aged 91, brought modernisation and expansion to Thwaites of Blackburn, his family brewery, in the spirit of his grandmother who led the business in a previous era.
Established by Daniel Thwaites in 1807, the brewery had passed in 1888 to Elma Yerburgh, widow of Daniel’s grandson Robert. Elma was a decisive businesswoman, and a notably generous employer, giving each of her workers 10lbs of best beef or a goose or turkey at Christmas and paying the backdated wages of those who returned from the First World War. She presided over the transition of Thwaites into a public company and its takeover of neighbouring breweries in the 1920s.
On her death in 1946, Elma’s shares passed to her grandsons, John and Oscar Yerburgh. John became a director, was chairman from 1966 to 1993 and thereafter life president, serving the business for more than 67 years.
“Mr John”, as he was known , doubled Thwaites’s licenced estate — insisting that his pubs should be freehold, and built without flat roofs — and expanded its free-trade activities across the north-west. Among its new hostelries was the “Elma Yerburgh”, opened in Blackburn in 1960.
In the late 1960s the company’s original Star Brewery was rebuilt, followed by the addition of a bottling plant to make Thwaites one of the most modern brewing operations in Europe — though John Yerburgh shunned the fizzy keg beers that were then becoming the industry standard, just as he preferred to remain independent . The 1980s brought diversification into hotels and “coaching inns”, reflecting John’s foresight that ale-drinking in the post-industrial north would inevitably decline.
Despite that trend, the company still maintains more than 300 pubs and announces its product as “Lancashire’s favourite beer”. Shortly after John Yerburgh’s death came news of a move to a greenfield site outside Blackburn, and the redevelopment of the existing brewery.
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh was born on May 23 1923, the elder son of Guy Yerburgh, who died when John was a toddler. John’s widowed mother Hilda — daughter of the diplomatist Sir Maurice de Bunsen — went on to marry Major General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, marshal of the diplomatic corps.
John was educated at Eton and joined the Irish Guards in 1941. He was promoted to captain, serving as an intelligence officer and technical adjutant with the Guards Armoured Division in the Normandy landings, advancing through Belgium — where he was among the first to enter Brussels in 1944 — and into Holland and Germany. On demobilisation he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to read Economics before joining Thwaites.
He stood as Conservative parliamentary candidate for Blackburn against Barbara Castle in the general election of 1959, losing by fewer than 3,000 votes. But when he stood again in October 1964, the Labour star more than doubled her majority.
At the brewery, John Yerburgh maintained his grandmother’s philanthropic ethos. He was especially keen on helping young people through Thwaites travel scholarships, which enabled over 1,000 students to experience different cultures abroad. He was also a great supporter of breweries’ traditional use of dray horses, and was a past president of the Shire Horse Society.
His other major interest was his Scottish home, Barwhillanty — a mansion near Castle Douglas set in beautiful gardens and woodlands. John Yerburgh was a pioneer of commercial forestry in south-west Scotland and chairman of the Forestry Commission’s regional advisory committee. He was a deputy lieutenant of Dumfries and Galloway from 1989 and Vice Lord Lieutenant from 1992.
John Yerburgh married Ann Maclaren in 1973 — and gave his staff and pub tenants £10 each to toast the bride and groom. They had four daughters and a son. Ann Yerburgh has been chairman of the brewery company since 2000, their daughter Arabella is a director, and their son-in-law Richard Bailey is chief executive
John Yerburgh, born May 23 1923, died June 17 2014
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Lasting Tribute page for John YERBURGH
https://funeral-notices.co.uk/Scotland-Dumfries+and+Galloway-Dumfries+and+Galloway/death-notices/notice/YERBURGH/1353100
YERBURGH John died peacefully at home on 17th June 2014 aged 91 years. Dearly loved husband of Annie, father of Henrietta, Arabella, Roseanna, Matilda and Oscar. Grandfather of seven much loved grandchildren. Funeral at St Ninian's, Castle Douglas on Friday 27th June at 2pm. Donations if desired to The Irish Guards Regimental Lieutenant Colonel's Fund - Cheques made payable to The Irish Guards Benevolent Fund.
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