John Caldwell

• Northern Ireland

John Caldwell was one of the trusted lieutenants of George Westinghouse, with whom he had been associated since the inception of the Westinghouse Airbrake Company. He was well known in financial circles and was a connoisseur in art, being also one of the trustees of Carnegie Institute from its foundation. He was born in the north of Ireland about seventy years ago and was the son of a Presbyterian clergyman. - Obituary, 27 November 1909, edition of The Index newspaper