From Ship's Cook to Baronet: Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856 - 1935 by David Jenkins

From Ship's Cook to Baronet: Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856 - 1935

David Jenkins

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Sir William Reardon Smith, founder of the Reardon Smith shipping line, was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. Starting as a cabin boy, he made a fortune as a ship owner at the height of the Welsh coal trade ...

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