# Percy Malcolm Stewart > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percy_Malcolm_Stewart > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percy_Malcolm_Stewart.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Malcolm_Stewart > Source revision: 1356044203 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English industrialist and philanthropist This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Percy Malcolm Stewart" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart Bt Stewart in 1932 Born (1872-05-09)9 May 1872 St Leonards, Sussex, England Died 27 February 1951(1951-02-27) (aged 78) Occupation Industrialist Father Halley Stewart Relatives Bernard Stewart (brother) Harold Stewart (nephew) **Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet** (9 May 1872 – 27 February 1951), was an English industrialist and philanthropist. He incorporated the [London Brick Company](/source/London_Brick_Company) in the 1920s, which was at the time reputed to be the largest brick-making company in the United Kingdom. ## Early life He was born at [St Leonards](/source/St_Leonards-on-Sea), Sussex, the sixth of eight children of [Halley Stewart](/source/Halley_Stewart) and his wife Jane Elizabeth Atkinson. He attended the [University School, Hastings](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_School,_Hastings&action=edit&redlink=1), the [King's School, Rochester](/source/King's_School%2C_Rochester), and the [Royal High School, Edinburgh](/source/Royal_High_School%2C_Edinburgh), and was also educated in Germany.[1] After a first job in [lightering](/source/Lightering) on the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) from about 1891, Stewart entered his father's business, and became a junior partner in 1895.[1] The family lived in [Luton](/source/Luton) until the early 1900s at the Bramingham Shott estate. Their home went on to become [Luton Museum](/source/Luton_Museum), and the estate [Wardown Park](/source/Wardown_Park).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Business The cement business in which the family had an interest – B. J. Forder & Son Ltd – became part of the British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd in 1912, and Stewart became a managing director. He had remained managing director of the brick division of B. J. Forder & Son until it was amalgamated into the [London Brick Company](/source/London_Brick_Company) in 1923, and he became chairman of its board. He became chairman of the board of the [Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd](/source/Associated_Portland_Cement_Manufacturers_Ltd.) (APCM) in 1924 and remained in that position until 1945 when he became company president. He was thus chairman of two of the largest monopolistic companies in British industry.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Influence Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart and his father, Sir Halley Stewart, believed in good working and living conditions for employees. They developed the model village of [Stewartby](/source/Stewartby) in Bedfordshire from 1926 onwards. As a special commissioner appointed by [Ramsay MacDonald](/source/Ramsay_MacDonald)'s [coalition government](/source/National_Government_(1931%E2%80%931935)) of 1934, he helped devise schemes to reduce unemployment. In 1934, Sir Malcolm bought [The Lodge](/source/RSPB_The_Lodge) at [Sandy](/source/Sandy%2C_Bedfordshire), Bedfordshire[2] which is currently the headquarters of the [RSPB](/source/RSPB). Stewart was created a **Baronet**, of [Stewartby](/source/Stewartby) in the [County of Bedford](/source/County_of_Bedford), in 1937.[3] He was a governor of [The Peckham Experiment](/source/The_Peckham_Experiment) (a social experiment in public health) in 1949.[4] ## Death He died in February 1951, aged 78, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Ronald.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-1) Pickford, Chris. "Stewart, Sir (Percy) Malcolm, first baronet (1872–1951)". *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/36297](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F36297). (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** RSPB. A history of Sandy Lodge leaflet, 2007 (reference number 000-1821-06-07) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["No. 34379"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34379/page/1640). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 12 March 1937. p. 1640. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Bulletin of the Pioneer Health Centre"](https://www.sochealth.co.uk/1949/09/21/peckham/). *Peckham*. **1** (5). September 1949. Retrieved 21 October 2016. - Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). *Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage* (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ## External links - [Article on the village of Stewartby](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050420/http://en.erih.net/index.php?pageId=62&anchor=213) – European Route of Industrial Heritage, archived in 2007 Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet (of Stewartby) 1937–1951 Succeeded by Ronald Compton Stewart This biographical article about a philanthropist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Philanthropist-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3APhilanthropist-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philanthropist-stub) This United Kingdom business–related biographical article is a stub. 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