John William Cameron (2 October 1841 – 28 December 1896) was an English brewer who ownedCamerons Brewery ofHartlepool,County Durham.
Cameron was born inKirkby Stephen,Westmorland, on 2 October 1841, the son of a farmer, Ewen Cameron, and Hannah Cameron.[1][2] He was ofScottish Highlands ancestry.[2] He attendedKirkby Stephen Grammar School.[3] He served a six-year brewing apprenticeship at the Bank Brewery inBarnard Castle.[2]
In 1865 he joined the Lion Brewery inWest Hartlepool as manager.[4] Upon the death of the owner, William Waldon Jr, in 1872, Cameron secured a 21-year lease on the brewery and 16 public houses.[5] In 1881 he married Emma Victoria, the daughter of Edgar Chapman ofAdelaide atTunbridge Wells.[6] When Cameron's lease expired in 1893, he purchased the brewery outright from the Waldon family for £34,442 (£3.8 million in 2012), and he appointed his brother Watson asmanaging director.[7]
Cameron served as thechief magistrate of Hartlepool from 1889 to 1890.[8] He died on 28 December 1896 and was buried inMarske, nearRichmond, Yorkshire.[7] His personal estate was valued at £336,265.[9] In 1905 the Cameron Hospital was opened in Hartlepool, built by the Cameron family in his memory.[8]
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