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Weetman Pearson was among the most successful of Britain's overseas-based entrepreneurs of the period.

Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, GCVO, PC ( - ), known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt between and , and as Lord Cowdray between.

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British overseas investment was one of the most powerful forces contributing to rapid global integration before World War 1.

When Weetman Pearson Dickinson was born on 8 February , in Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Dickinson, was 43 and his mother.

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Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray

British politician

The Right Honourable The Viscount Cowdray GCVO PC

In office 3 January 1917 – 26 November 1917
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Succeeded by	The Lord Rothermere
Born	Weetman Dickinson Pearson 15 July 1856 Shelley, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England
Died	1 May 1927(1927-05-01) (aged 70)^[1] Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Annie Cass
Children	Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray Bernard Clive Pearson Francis Geoffrey Pearson Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman
Occupation	engineer, building contractor, politician
Known for	engineering projects, oil companies, MP Colchester, philanthropy

Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, GCVO, PC (15 July 1856 – 1 May 1927), known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt between 1894