Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Eric Yarrow Bt MBE DL CEng FRSE MRINA |
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| Born |
Eric Grant Yarrow 23 April 1920 Frensham, Surrey |
| Residence | Kilmacolm |
| Nationality |
 British |
| Education | Marlborough |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow (MA) |
| Occupation | President, Yarrow plc; Chair, Clydesdale Bank (retd) |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Rosemary, née Young (2) Annette, née Steven (3) Caroline, now Lady Caroline Yarrow |
| Children | 4 sons |
| Parent(s) | Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE (father); Eleanor (mother), dau. of Reverend Canon Hay Aitken |
Sir Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, MBE, DL, FRSE (born 23 April 1920) is a British businessman.
He was born the heir to his baronetcy, the lowest ranked heritable title, lying below a Peerage of the United Kingdom. After serving during World War II as a Major in the Royal Engineers, he joined the family business Yarrow Shipbuilders, in 1946, later becoming President of Yarrow plc until 1987, and was Chairman of Clydesdale Bank from 1985 to 1991.
Yarrow was appointed a Vice-President of RINA in 1972 as well as serving as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company (1970–71), among other charitable activities.
Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for military service in 1946, he succeeded as 3rd baronet in 1962, upon the death of his father, Sir Harold Yarrow Bt GBE, later becoming a Deputy Lieutenant for Renfrewshire in 1970.
On 28 April 1951, he married Rosemary Ann Young (who died in 1957). They had one child, a son, Richard Grant Yarrow (born 21 March 1953; died 1987), who by his wife Sheila Allison (married 1982) had two sons, including Ross Yarrow (born 1985), heir presumptive to the title.
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