Nationality British Name Eric Yarrow Education Marlborough Alma mater University of Glasgow | Religion Christian Children 4 sons | |
Full Name Eric Grant Yarrow Born 23 April 1920 (age 104) ( 1920-04-23 ) Frensham, Surrey Occupation President, Yarrow plc;
Chair, Clydesdale Bank (retd) Spouse(s) (1) Rosemary, nee Young
(2) Annette, nee Steven
(3) Caroline, now Lady Caroline Yarrow | ||
Residence Kilmacolm, United Kingdom | ||
Sir Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, MBE, DL, FRSE (born 23 April 1920) is a British businessman.
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He was born the heir to his baronetcy, the lowest ranked heritable title, lying below a Peerage of the United Kingdom. After serving during World War II as a Major in the Royal Engineers, he joined the family business Yarrow Shipbuilders, in 1946, later becoming President of Yarrow plc until 1987, and was Chairman of Clydesdale Bank from 1985 to 1991.
Yarrow was appointed a Vice-President of RINA in 1972 as well as serving as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company (1970–71), among other charitable activities.
Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for military service in 1946, he succeeded as 3rd baronet in 1962, upon the death of his father, Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE, later becoming a Deputy Lieutenant for Renfrewshire in 1970.
Personal life
On 28 April 1951, he married Rosemary Ann Young (who died in 1957). They had one child, a son, Richard Grant Yarrow (born 21 March 1953; died 1987), who by his wife Sheila Allison (married 1982) had two sons, including Ross Yarrow (born 1985), heir presumptive to the title.
Yarrow married second, on 23 May 1959, Annette Elizabeth Françoise Steven, by whom he had three more sons - Norman, Peter (twins, born 1960) and David Yarrow (born 1966). The couple divorced in 1975.
Sir Eric lives in Renfrewshire with his third wife, Caroline Botting, née Masters, whom he married in 1982.