From Ship''s Cook to Baronet: Sir William Reardon Smith''s Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
ISBN: 9780708324240
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Wales Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: History;

Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of 'rags to riches' - starting life as a deck-hand and ship's cook, he made a fortune in the shipping industry at the zenith of the Welsh coal trade.

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