Percy G. B. Westmacott

Percy Graham Buchanan Westmacott (1830 Edinburgh – 10 September 1917) was a British mechanical engineer.^[1][2][3]

Westmacott undertook his apprenticeship at Miller, Ravenhill & Co, Blackwall. He joined W.G. Armstrong's Elswick Works as a draughtsman in 1851. By 1864 he was a partner in the company and in 1882 he became Managing Director.^[4]

He married Annette Beatrice (née Berners); their children were:

• Evelyn Westmacott (born c 1862)
• Claude Berners Westmacott (born 1865)^[5]
• Henry A. Westmacott (born 1866)
• John Westmacott (born c 1873)
• Lewis Westmacott (born 3 August 1871, died 27 November 1949) Married 20 April 1898, Evelyn Bayley, of Dublin.
• Mabel Westmacott (born c 1876)
• Rachel Westmacott (born c 1878)
• Gerald Westmacott (born c April 1880)^[6]

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Edward Alfred Cowper	President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1882-1883	Succeeded by Sir Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet

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