Sir Weetman Pearson, Bart. (Viscount Cowdray from 1910) founded the company in 1909 to develop his investments in the Mexican oil fields.
It was built in 1925 by the British engineer, desert explorer and adventurer, Stephen "Roy" Sherlock, under the direction of Weetman Pearson.
On the one hand, American investors, especially Hopkins’ client Henry Clay Pierce, wanted to unseat oil tycoon Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray and his Científico puppets.
Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO, PC (1856–1927), British engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician
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The Hon Charles Pearson (born 5 March 1956) is the younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray and owner of Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire.
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Charles Pearson is the younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray and his wife Elizabeth (née Mather-Jackson) daughter of Sir Anthony Mather-Jackson, 6th Baronet.