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British baronet (1934–2022)

Sir William James Lithgow, 2nd Baronet (10 May 1934 – 28 February 2022) was a Scottish industrialist and vice-chairman of Lithgow Group.

He was born in Port Glasgow in , and educated at Greenock Academy.

William Lithgow was born circa William passed away in month , at age 75 in death place.

William Todd Lithgow (24 September – 7 June ) was a Scottish ship-designer who became sole owner of an extremely successful shipbuilding company.

William Lithgow began his restless career as a wanderer with walking tours of his native Scotland, and by he had already made two voyages to the Orkney.

William Lithgow was born in Lanark about The actual date of his birth is uncertain, but he states (page ) that he was thirty-three in

In 1952 he inherited the Scottish shipbuilding company, Lithgows, which was established by his grandfather, William Lithgow. Economic and political changes, especially the nationalisation of British shipbuilding in the 1970s, prevented Sir William from simply continuing the family business, and he therefore led it in new directions, including engineering, salmon farming and other marine and agricultural matters.

He described himself as an "industrialist and farmer".^[1] Since 1999 his son James has been chairman of the Lithgow Group.

Early life

Lithgow was the son of Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, and Lady Lithgow, whose family homes were Gleddoch House, at Langbank on the Clyde, a few miles from their shipyards at Port Glasgow, and Ormsary, their country estate in Kn