Stockissued to Sir Charles Tennant, Baronand boldly signed at back. Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (4 November 1823 " 4 June 1906) was a Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician. In 1843, he entered the St Rollox chemical works, Glasgow which had been established by his grandfather Charles to produce bleaching powder and other chemicals, and went on to become the largest alkali works in Europe. Sir Charles Tennant was a global industrialist, with business across many continents in railways, steel, explosives, copper, sulphur and merchant banking. Tennant served as President of the United Alkali Company which would become a cornerstone of Imperial Chemical Industries becoming extremely wealthy in the process while being a supporter of political reform, and a major collector of art. Tennant also became Chairman of the Union Bank of Scotland and was the driving force in establishing C. Tennant, Sons & Company as a merchant bank in the City of London. Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.