What is Eric Yarrow?
'''Sir Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], [[FRSE#Notable Fellows|FRSE]] (23 April 1920 &ndash; 22 September 2018)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-23.html|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2014|date=23 April 2012|quote=Sir Eric Yarrow, Chairman, Clydesdale Bank, 1985–91, is 92|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115163939/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-23.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British [[businessman]]. He was born in [[Surrey]], [[England]]. After serving during [[World War II]], he worked at [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]], in 1946, later becoming [[President]] of [[BAE Systems|Yarrow plc]] until 1987, and was Chairman of [[Clydesdale Bank]] from 1985 to 1991. Yarrow was appointed a [[Vice-President]] of [[Royal Institution of Naval Architects|RINA]] in 1972 as well as serving as Prime Warden of the [[Shipwrights' Company]] (1970–71), among other charitable activities. Yarrow was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) for military service in 1946.<ref name=Frost>{{cite web|title=Sir Eric Grant Yarrow|url=http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/mfwhoswho/individuals/Y_mfwwi/eric_yarrow.html|publisher=Frost's Scottish Who's Who|access-date=21 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729045152/http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/mfwhoswho/individuals/Y_mfwwi/eric_yarrow.html|archive-date=29 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Yarrow died on 22 September 2018 at the age of 98.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/227606/yarrow |title=Yarrow |access-date=2018-09-28 |archive-date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121710/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/227606/yarrow |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.burkespeerage.com/ ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''] * [http://www.ukwhoswho