Sir William Cain, 1st Baronet

Sir William Ernest Cain, 1st Baronet, JP (7 May 1864 – 5 May 1924) was an English brewer and philanthropist.[1]

Cain was the son of Robert Cain, who had founded a large brewing empire, Robert Cain & Sons Ltd. He was educated at Winwick Priory.[2] The family firm was taken over as joint managing directors by William Cain and his brother, Charles Nall-Cain, who continued to develop the business.

During the First World War, Cain donated his old home, Wilton Manor at West Kirby, to the government as a convalescent hospital for officers and paid for its conversion and equipment. He also donated money to many other war charities. For these services, he was knighted in 1917[2] and created a baronet in the 1920 New Year Honours.[3][4]

Cain married Florence Roberts in 1886.[2] They had a son and a daughter. He died in 1924 at the age of sixty and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son, Ernest.

Footnotes
  1. Obituary, The Times, 7 May 1924
  2. Biography, Who Was Who
  3. "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
  4. "No. 31830". The London Gazette. 19 March 1920. p. 3432.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Wargrave)
1920–1924		 Succeeded by
Ernest Cain


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