American Dream ; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy of Merseyside Maritime Museum

Liverpool Echo › March 13, 2010

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TWO young entrepreneurs started a shipping line that specialised in trade with three South American countries for well over a century. Founded in Liverpool in 1845, Lamport and Holt was the brainchild of 30-year-old William James Lamport and his business partner George Holt, 21.

William, the son of a Unitarian minister, was born in Lancaster. He moved to Liverpool as a young man and cut his teeth working in a shipping office where he acquired practical knowledge of ship management and commerce.

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American Dream ; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy of Merseyside Maritime Museum

George Holt belonged to a commercial dynasty. His father was an influential Liverpool cotton broker with shipowning...

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