William Cadell

{{Short description|Scottish industrialist}} {{about||his grandson, the Scottish industrialist and mathematician|William Archibald Cadell}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = William Archibald Cadell | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1708 | birth_place = | death_date = 1777 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Industrialist | years_active = | employer = | known_for = Founder of Carron Iron Works | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = Henry Cadell (great, great grandson) }} [[File:The grave of William Caddell, Larbert Churchyard.jpg|thumb|285px|The grave of William Cadell, Larbert Churchyard]]

'''William Archibald Cadell''' of Cockenzie (1708–1777) was a Scottish industrialist, one of the pioneers of the industrial revolution on the Firth of Forth. He was a member of a merchant family involved in the import of iron from Russia and Sweden.

He and his son, also William (baptised 1737, died 1819<ref name="ODNB">R. H. Campbell, 'Garbett, Samuel (1717–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40491, retrieved 29 July 2012]</ref>), were founders with Samuel Garbett and John Roebuck, of the Carron Iron Works,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/scotland/central_and_fife/article_1.shtml|title=Carron: Scotland's Forge|publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 March 2010}}</ref> in 1759, originally known as Roebuck, Garbett & Cadells.

His daughter Christian Cadell married Thomas Edington (1742-1811) who became joint proprietor at Cramond Iron Works before establishing his own independent company in Glasgow in 1797: Thomas Edington & Son. Their grandson was the geologist Thomas Edington FRSE (1814-1859).<ref>Graces Guide: Thomas Edington & Son</ref>

His great-great-grandson was the geologist Henry Cadell.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

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