Friday 27 November 2015

1042 Frank Yeo




Constituency  : Gower  1885-88

Frank  won  the  new  seat  of  Gower.

Frank  was  born  in  Devon  and  educated  at  Bideford  School  and  abroad. He  set  up  business  in  Swansea  as  a  colliery  owner and  director  of  the  Swansea  Bank  and  a  blast  furnace  company. He  was  mayor  of  the  city  in  1874  and  chairman  of  Swansea  Harbour  Trust  in  1878.

Frank  supported  the  construction  of  more  safe  harbours  for  shipping  along  the  coast.

He  died  in  1888  aged  55.

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