Robert McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat

Robert McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat

(Robert) Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat, Bt (23 April 19077 January 1990), grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, was a British construction magnate who headed Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd.

He was made a life peer as Baron McAlpine of Moffat, of Medmenham in the County of Buckinghamshire in 1980. McAlpine & Sons construction was the focus of the folk song "McAlpines Fusilers" written by Dominic Behan and most commonly performed by The Dubliners.


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