Essington Lewis

Essington Lewis, CH (13 January 1881 – 2 October 1961) was an Australian industrialist.
Biography
Early life
Essington Lewis was born in Burra, South Australia on 13 January 1881. His father was the pastoralist and politician John Lewis (1844–1923), founder of Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. He was named after Port Essington, where his father owned a cattle property. He was educated at St. Peter's College, Adelaide and the South Australian School of Mines.
Career
After joining Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd (BHP) (now BHP Billiton) in 1904, he rose through the company ranks to become Managing Director in 1926 and Chairman in 1950, a position he held until his death in 1961. For the whole of his period as M.D., he had a close working relationship and personal friendship with Chairman of Directors Harold Gordon Darling (1885 – 1950).
During his travels to Germany and Japan in the 1930s, he realised the threat of these countries...