Sir Archibald Denny, 1st Baronet FRSE LLD, was a Scottish naval architect who was owner of the huge Clyde shipbuilding company of William Denny and Brothers and was granted a baronetcy in 1913, thereby giving birth to the Denny baronets of Dumbarton.
12 Facts About Archibald Denny
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Archibald Denny was president of the Institute of Marine Engineers.
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Unlike his brothers, Archibald Denny felt a need to stimulate his mind, whilst still involving himself in the family business.
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Archibald Denny therefore went to London to engage in specific training as a naval architect at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
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Archibald Denny brought a practicality to designs, often absent in competitors, setting them up well for the more commercial elements of ship design.
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Archibald Denny's proposers were John Henderson, Sir John Murray, Alexander Buchan, and Alexander Crum Brown.
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Archibald Denny was awarded honorary doctorates from both Glasgow University and Cambridge University.
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Archibald Denny was created First Baron of Dumbarton in 1913.
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Archibald Denny was a keen military volunteer and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in first the Dunbartonshire Volunteers then the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
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From 1903 to 1905 Archibald Denny was president of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.
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Archibald Denny thereafter represented Britain at the International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea.
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Archibald Denny was married to Margaret Tulloch, daughter of John Tulloch, in 1885.