British politician and railway contractor (1809–89)
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bt
Historical photo of Morton Peto
Born
4 August 1809
Woking, Surrey, England
Died
13 November 1889(1889-11-13) (aged 80)
Nationality
English
Occupation
Civil engineering contractor
Spouse(s)
Mary Grissell (four children) Sarah Ainsworth Kelsall (11 children)
Children
15
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP). A partner in the firm of Grissell and Peto, he managed construction firms that built many of London's major buildings and monuments, including the Reform Club, The Lyceum Theatre, Nelson's Column and the replacement Houses of Parliament - commissions which brought him great wealth.[1] The scale of his operations, and that of the workforces needed to undertake them, made him the world's largest employer.[2]
As a partner in Peto and Betts, he then became one of the major contractors in the building of the rapidly expanding railways of the time. Along with a small group of other Master Builders in London he is credited as a founding member of the Chartered Institute of Building in 1834.[3]
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at Haddiscoe, with additional dock branches at Yarmouth. Sir Samuel MortonPeto had business interests in Lowestoft. He believed that the ESR would provide...
rebuilt as a model village in the 19th century at the direction of Samuel MortonPeto. The parish was combined with Herringfleet and Ashby to create the parish...
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Unionist politician. Born at Westminster, Peto was the seventh son of Sir MortonPeto, 1st Baronet. He entered Harrow School, but was withdrawn at the age...
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preaching, a newsletter and charity work. The construction tycoon Sir Samuel MortonPeto encouraged religious services for his workforce, as well as providing...
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and without any contract by Peto, Brassey and Betts, a partnership of English railway contractors led by Samuel MortonPeto. Within three weeks of the...
were Thomas Grissell and MortonPeto. An inscribed trowel in the Parliamentary Archives records that Emily, sister of Peto's daughter-in-law, was given...
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