- Gustav Renwick
Major Gustav Adolph Renwick (1883 - 1956) was a British industrialist,
greyhound andracehorse owner and Conservative politician.He was born in 1883, and was the fourth son of
Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet . He was educated atGiggleswick School before succeeding his father as chairman of the Manchester Dry Docks Company. He became managing director of Fisher Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Limited and a director of Scammell Lorries Limited.In 1907 He married Mabel Deuchar, and they had one son. The family home was Holysone Grange,
Sharperton , nearMorpeth, Northumberland . Renwick was a large landowner and worked to conserve the Coquet Valley near his home.His sporting interests dated from 1906, when he first competed at
coursing events. He became a breeder of greyhounds and one of his dogs, "Holystone Lifelong", won theWaterloo Cup in 1953. He became a rachorse owner in 1950.From 1931 to 1935 Renwwick was National Conservative
Member of Parliament for the Stretford constituency.Gustav Renwick died in hospital in
Newcastle upon Tyne on September 10, 1956.References
*"Obituary: Major Gustav Renwick", The Times, September 11, 1956
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