Compañía Mexicana de Petróleo El Águila SA,
Weetman Pearson, founder
Rail tank car of the company, 1914
Fuel oil railway tank car. Fifteen tons capacity. Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Company. London, 1914
MV San Demetrio reached the Clyde in 1940 with a cargo of aviation spirit despite having been damaged by shellfire from the Admiral Scheer
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray,, known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt from 1894 to 1910 and as Lord Cowdray from 1910 to 1927, was an English industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politic
Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company
…The company, established in 1909, produced and commercialised gasoline and lubricants until it was absorbed by the Royal Dutch Shell in 1959. Sir Weetman Pearson, Bart. (Viscount Cowdray from 1910) founded the company in 1909 to develop his investments in the Mexican oil fields. Pearson's interests in Mexico had…
Pearson in 1897
Cowdray Park, West Sussex, seat of 1st Viscount Cowdray. Purchased in 1909.
Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, a residence of the 1st Viscount and place of his death. Leased in 1907; purchased 1912; extended 1912–20 by Pearson.
Royal College of Nursing at 20 Cavendish Square