Background
YARROW, Eric was born on April 23, 1920 in Glasgow. Son of late Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, and late Eleanor Etheldreda.
YARROW, Eric was born on April 23, 1920 in Glasgow. Son of late Sir Harold Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, and late Eleanor Etheldreda.
Marlborough College, Glasgow University.
Served apprenticeship with G. and J. Weir Limited. Army service in Burma 1939-1945, Major Royal Engineers 1945. Trained with English Electric Company 1945-1946.
Assistant Manager, Yarrow and Company Limited.
1946, Director 1948, Manager Director 1958-1967, Chairman 1962-1985, President 1985-1986. Chairman Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Limited.
1962-1979, Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company since 1985(91), Director Standard Life Assurance since 1958, National Australia Bank Limited. since 1987. President 1965, Honorary Vice-President 1972.
President since 1986.
Prime Warden, Worshipful Company of Shipwrights 1970-1971. Deacon, Incorpn. of Hammermen of Glasgow 1961-1962. Former; Chairman Executive Committee Princess Louise Scottish Hospital, Erskine 1980-1986, Honorary President since 1986.
President Scottish Convalescent Home for Children 1958-1970.
Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1975. Officer of.
Council, Royal Institute Naval Architects since 1957. General Committee Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 1960-1987, Honorary. Council of Institute Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.
Married 1st Rosemary Ann Young in 1951 (died, one son (deceased). Married 2nd Annette Elizabeth Frangoise Steven in 1959 (divorced in 1975), three son. Married 3rd Joan Botting in 1982.