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Sir Donald Currie

Also known as: Sir Donald Currie; primary name: Currie, Donald
Details: individual; collector; politician/statesman; British; Male
Life dates: 1825-1909
Biography: Ship owner; began career with Cunnard Shipping Co in 1844, later founded the firm Castle Line of Sailing Ships in 1862, which as the Castle Line of Steamers came to dominate the shipping trade to South Africa from Great Britain; Liberal MP for Perthshire 1880-1900; avid collector of the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner; his daughter Elizabeth married in 1881 Percy Alpont Molteno (1861-1937) who was also a collector of Turner