835 Isaac Wilson

Constituency : Middlesbrough  1878-92

Isaac  took  over  at  Middlesbrough  following  the  death  of  Henry  Bolckow.

Isaac  was  born  in  Kendal.  He  was  a  staunch  Quaker. He  was  distantly  related  to  the  Pease  family  and  originally  came  to  Middlesbrough  in  1841  to  manage a  pottery. He  later  established  an  engine  works  to  build  locomotives  and  became  a  railway  magnate. He  was  a  director  of  the  Stockton  and  Darlington  railway. He  contributed  to  building  a  school  at  Nunthorpe  in  1855, a  year  after  his  term  as  Mayor  of  Middlesbrough.

Just  after  his  election  Isaac  became  chairman  of  the  Teesside  Chamber  of  Commerce. He  was  a  fierce  advocate  of  temperance  though  ironically  there's  still  a  pub  named  after  him  in  the  town.

He  died  in  1899  aged  77.