Gustav Wilhelm Wolff
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Gustav William Wolff (1834 – 17 April 1913) (born as Gustav Wilhelm Wolff) was one of the founders of Harland and Wolff and a Member of Parliament.
Born and privately educated in Hamburg, he and his family later moved to Liverpool where he attended college. He was apprenticed as an engineer with Whitworth and Co., Manchester, then worked for Goodfellow and Co., Hyde.
In 1860, he and Edward Harland started the shipbuilding and engineering business of Harland and Wolff; he retired in 1908. He was MP for East Belfast from 1892 to 1910 for the Conservative Party and a member of the Carlton Club. He never married.
He died in London.
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| Preceded by Edward Samuel Wesley de Cobain |
Member of Parliament for Belfast East 1892–December 1910 |
Succeeded by Robert James McMordie |
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