George Pyman

George Pyman

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name = George Pyman

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birth_date = May 1 1822
birth_place = Sandsend, Yorkshire, England
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death_date = November 22 1900
death_place = Raithwaite, Yorkshire, England
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George Pyman was born in Sandsend in 1822, the eldest son of James Pyman and Jane Arr. He was only ten when he took the place in the family fishing coble of this uncle, John, who had died. At twelve he became an assistant to the store-keeper in Lythe, but returned to the sea as a bound apprentice a few years later, on a brig called the "Endymion" trading with America and in the Baltics. George rose through the ranks, and by the age of twenty-one he was a captain. His next step was to purchase part of a brig, and over the next few years he left the sea for good, settled in West Hartlepool and entered into a partnership with Thomas Scurr as shipbrokers for the local collieries. After Scurr's death he formed his own company, George Pyman and Co. and started to make his mark on the shipping world. George's major contribution to shipping was in being one of the first to use the iron screw collier ships, which dramatically cut voyage times. Following on from that his firms built 38 steamers, were established in coal exporting in Newcastle, Cardiff and London, George was the largest steamship owner on the north-east coast, and appointed Vice-Consul for Belgium.

Away from his business, George was one of the driving forces behind the growth of West Hartlepool, being elected an Poor Law Guardian in 1861, an Improvement Commissioner in 1868, and sitting on the Durham County Bench from 1872. In 1888 he was elected the second Mayor of West Hartlepool, was granted a coat of arms in the 1880s, and finally in 1895 he was made a Freeman of the Borough.

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*cite journal
title = West Hartlepool
author = Robert Wood
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year = 1967
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pages = 249–253

*cite journal
title = The Pyman Story - Fleet & Family History
author = Peter Hogg & Harold Appleyard
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year = 2000
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