Sir David Dale, 1st Baronet

Sir David Dale
Born
Died
North Eastern Hotel, York
NationalityEnglish
Occupationbusinessman
Known forindustrial dispute arbitration

Sir David Dale, 1st Baronet (11 December 1829 – 28 April 1906), was an English industrialist. He died as chairman of the Consett Iron Company and the mining firm Pease & Partners, and as a director of the North Eastern Railway Company. Dale owes his main distinction to his pioneer application of the principle of arbitration to industrial disputes.[1]

  1. ^ L. P. Sidney, rev. Ian St John. "Dale, Sir David, first baronet (1829–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32693. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)