INVERFORTH, ANDREW WEIR, 1ST BARON (1865 ), British shipowner and administrator, was born at Kirk caldy, Scotland, on April 24, 1865. He was educated at Kirk caldy and afterwards adopted a business career, founding in 1885 the firm of Andrew Weir and Co., shipowners and merchants, of London and Glasgow. Having made a large fortune in busi ness, in April 1917 Mr. Weir entered Lloyd George's govern
ment as surveyor-general of supply at the War Office, and held this post until Jan. 1919. The same year he was sworn of the privy council and raised to the peerage. He was minister of munitions and supply from Jan. 1919 to March 1921.