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12 March 2018
Sir William McAlpine 1936-2018
Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet “Concrete Bob” [1847 – 1934] , and Director of the great British construction firm that bears his grandfather’s name, died at the age of 82 last week. Bill, unsurprisingly, given his civil engineering experience was more a hands-on practical man than the nabob...