Frederic B. Ingram

Frederic B. Ingram (a.k.a. Fritz Ingram) was an American-born Irish heir and businessman. Born to the Ingram dynasty of Nashville, Tennessee, he was charged with bribing government officials over a sewage contract in Chicago, and jailed for 16 months. His sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Shortly after, he renounced his United States citizenship and became an Irish citizen. He resided in California.

Early life Frederic B. Ingram grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr., was a business magnate. His mother is Hortense Bigelow. He had a brother, E. Bronson Ingram II, who died in 1995.

His great-great-great-grandfather, David Ingram, had immigrated from Leeds, England, in 1780. His great-grandfather, Orrin Henry Ingram, was a lumber baron in Wisconsin. His grandfather, Erskine B. Ingram, was a lumber baron and businessman. He attended Vanderbilt University and Princeton University, In 1970, he acquired the Great Plains Construction Co., an oil and gas pipeline and water line construction company headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, which became a subsidiary of the Ingram Corp. Ingram pleaded innocent. However, while his brother was acquitted, Ingram was charged on 29 counts and sentenced to four years in prison. He was jailed in federal prison for 16 months.

In 1985, Ingram sued William F. Earthman, the former Chairman of the Commerce Union Bank, a Nashville-based bank, over the repayment of a private loan. He won the lawsuit. They resided in Beverly Hills, California.

Ingram died on August 26, 2015.