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BURNS, SIR GEORGE , Bart. (17951890), English
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contract for the carrying of the mails to North America. The sailings were begun with four steamers of about loon tons each, which made the passage in 15 days at some 81 knots per hour. George Burns retired from the Glasgow management of the line in 186o. He was made a baronet
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John Burns (18291901), his eldest son, who succeeded him in the baronetcy, and became head of the Cunard Company, was created a peer, under the title of Baron Inverclyde, in 1897; he was the first to suggest to the government the use of merchant vessels for war purposes. George Arbuthnot Burns (18611905) succeeded his father in the peerage, as 2nd baron Inverclyde, and became chairman of the Cunard Company in 1902. He conducted the negotiations which resulted in the refusal of the Cunard Company to enter the shipping combination, the International
Morgan
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turbine engines to ocean liners.End of Article: BURNS, SIR GEORGE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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