Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet

1822–1905 (age 83)

Biography

Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet, combined keen business acumen with a belief in improving working lives, steering his enterprises in the paper industry toward innovation and fairer conditions for workers.

As he aged he became a familiar benefactor to the parishes near Lymington, and his tomb at St. Leonard's Churchyard testifies to a life spent uplifting industry and community alike.