Andrew Yule

Andrew Yule (2 November 1834 – 18 July 1902) was a businessman who founded Andrew Yule and Co.

Early life Andrew was born in Stonehaven-Fetteresso, Scotland, the third and youngest son of Robert Yule, a clothier, and his wife Elizabeth. He had two older brothers, David, a cashier at Register House in Edinburgh, and George, also an entrepreneur and trader.

Career Andrew and George moved from Scotland to Manchester around 1855. Three years later, in 1858, they formed a partnership as warehousemen.

He had a daughter, Annie Henrietta Yule (1874 – 1950), who married her cousin. David eventually inherited all of the family's enterprises. As a wealthy widow, Annie spent the latter decades of her life as a film financier and a breeder of Arabian horses at the Hanstead Stud, alongside their only child, Gladys Yule.