Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur John Dorman, 1st Baronet, (8 August 1848 – 12 February 1931) was an English industrialist.

Early life Dorman was born on 8 August 1848, at Ashford, Kent, eldest son of Charles Dorman (1809–1885), of Ashford and Maidstone, a currier in the leather trade, and Emma (died 1914), daughter of Richard Wilson Page. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, then situated in Newgate, London.

Career He was sent, at the age of 22, by his family to work at a Stockton-on-Tees ironworks, where a relative was a partner. Dorman started as a puddler and rapidly progressed in his career. In 1875, he went into partnership with Albert de Lande Long to acquire the West Marsh Ironworks in Middlesbrough. During the 1880s, they exploited the new steelmaking technologies being introduced at that time, including the use of Open hearth furnaces.

Dorman was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1918

Family

In 1873, he married Clara Share (died 1933), daughter of George Lockwood, JP, of Stockton-on-Tees.

Sir Arthur Dorman died on 12 February 1931, aged 82, at Grey Towers, his home in Nunthorpe, near Middlesbrough.