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Vincent Caillard
Sir Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard (23 October 1856 – 18 March 1930) was a British intelligence officer, diplomat, financier, industrialist and company director, principally for Vickers.
After being commissioned in the Royal Engineers, in the early 1880s Caillard was engaged in intelligence duties in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean. In 1883, he was appointed to a senior position on the Ottoman Public Debt Council in Constantinople, where he lived with his family. After returning to England in 1898 Caillard entered private business, taking up positions as a director in a diversity of companies engaged in areas such as in banking, agricultural development and railways.
In 1898, Caillard joined the board of directors of the armaments manufacturers, Vickers, where he remained for the next 29 years. In 1906 he was appointed financial director of Vickers, a position he held during the massive pre-war build-up of armaments in Europe and the Near East, and World War I that followed. Caillard developed a close relationship with the Greek arms-dealer Basil Zaharoff and acted as an intermediary between him and senior British politicians during the war. He was politically active in organisations advocating protectionism and opposing trade unionism. Caillard resigned from Vickers in August 1927 after a post-war period of losses and allegations of mis-management of the company, leading to a major write-down of capital in 1926.
Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard was born on 23 October 1856 in London, the fifth child and eldest son of Camille Felix Désiré Caillard, a County Court judge, and his wife Emma Louisa (née Reynolds). From 1869, Vincent was educated at Eton College.
From 1872, Caillard was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1876.
In April 1879, Caillard was appointed as an assistant to the British Commission for the delimitation of the Montenegrin frontier, formed in the wake of the Treaty of Berlin of July 1878 which enabled the recognition of the independent state of Montenegro in the Balkan region. In the following October he was appointed to the Arab Tabia Bridge Commission. In March 1880 he rejoined the Montenegrin Commission.
In July 1880, Caillard was sent "on special political duty" to the Epirus region of north-west Greece to report to the Berlin Congress. In September 1880 he was attached "on special service" to Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour during the naval demonstration at Dulcigno. Seymour commanded a combined fleet of the European great powers in the Adriatic Sea off Dulcigno and sent a formal demand to the commander of the occupying Ottoman troops, requiring the immediate surrender of the town to Montenegro.
Caillard married his step-sister Eliza Frances Hanham on 16 June 1881. Eliza was the youngest daughter of his father's second wife, Amy Hanham (née Copland), the widow of Captain John Hanham. Vincent and Eliza Caillard had two children, a son (Bernard, born in 1882) and a daughter (Emma, born in 1890).
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Vincent Caillard
Sir Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard (23 October 1856 – 18 March 1930) was a British intelligence officer, diplomat, financier, industrialist and company director, principally for Vickers.
After being commissioned in the Royal Engineers, in the early 1880s Caillard was engaged in intelligence duties in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean. In 1883, he was appointed to a senior position on the Ottoman Public Debt Council in Constantinople, where he lived with his family. After returning to England in 1898 Caillard entered private business, taking up positions as a director in a diversity of companies engaged in areas such as in banking, agricultural development and railways.
In 1898, Caillard joined the board of directors of the armaments manufacturers, Vickers, where he remained for the next 29 years. In 1906 he was appointed financial director of Vickers, a position he held during the massive pre-war build-up of armaments in Europe and the Near East, and World War I that followed. Caillard developed a close relationship with the Greek arms-dealer Basil Zaharoff and acted as an intermediary between him and senior British politicians during the war. He was politically active in organisations advocating protectionism and opposing trade unionism. Caillard resigned from Vickers in August 1927 after a post-war period of losses and allegations of mis-management of the company, leading to a major write-down of capital in 1926.
Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard was born on 23 October 1856 in London, the fifth child and eldest son of Camille Felix Désiré Caillard, a County Court judge, and his wife Emma Louisa (née Reynolds). From 1869, Vincent was educated at Eton College.
From 1872, Caillard was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1876.
In April 1879, Caillard was appointed as an assistant to the British Commission for the delimitation of the Montenegrin frontier, formed in the wake of the Treaty of Berlin of July 1878 which enabled the recognition of the independent state of Montenegro in the Balkan region. In the following October he was appointed to the Arab Tabia Bridge Commission. In March 1880 he rejoined the Montenegrin Commission.
In July 1880, Caillard was sent "on special political duty" to the Epirus region of north-west Greece to report to the Berlin Congress. In September 1880 he was attached "on special service" to Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour during the naval demonstration at Dulcigno. Seymour commanded a combined fleet of the European great powers in the Adriatic Sea off Dulcigno and sent a formal demand to the commander of the occupying Ottoman troops, requiring the immediate surrender of the town to Montenegro.
Caillard married his step-sister Eliza Frances Hanham on 16 June 1881. Eliza was the youngest daughter of his father's second wife, Amy Hanham (née Copland), the widow of Captain John Hanham. Vincent and Eliza Caillard had two children, a son (Bernard, born in 1882) and a daughter (Emma, born in 1890).
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