Gustav Wilhelm Wolff

Gustav Wilhelm Wolff was born on 14 November 1834 in Hamburg to Moritz Wolff, a merchant and his wife, Fanny Schwabe. Gustav was brought up in the Lutheran Church as his family had converted from Judaism in 1819. The firm considered Wolff so able that he was chosen to represent the company at the 1855 Paris Exhibition. In 1860, Edward Harland recruited Wolff as his business partner, and Harland and Wolff was formed. ==Career at Harland and Wolff==

Wolff's early role at Harland and Wolff involved his engineering and managing the yard. he had links with the Jewish community in Hamburg and in Britain, and was able to attract business to the shipyard. His company was responsible for the construction of the RMS Titanic. After the conversion of Harland and Wolff to limited company status in 1888, Wolff was appointed as a director. Wolff was able to secure a good relationship with the Hamburg America Line, which was managed by Albert Ballin, who was also of Jewish background. Wolff officially retired from Harland and Wolff in 1906, although he had not been an active in the business for years beforehand. William James Pirrie who became a partner in 1874 was now the most active. Wolff claimed of the business relationship at Harland and Wolff: ==Outside interests and later life==

Wolff had business interests outside Harland and Wolff, including the Belfast Ropeworks, which he founded in the early 1870s with W.H. Smiles, who was the son of Samuel Smiles, a Scottish author. Wolff was then returned unopposed until his retirement from parliament in 1910. Afterwards, Wolff was made a freeman of Belfast by the Belfast Corporation. In Parliament, Wolff strongly opposed the Irish Home Rule bills. Wolff was a member of the Church of Ireland. He also gave money to local causes, including the Ulster Hospital and the Orange Order. Wolff was a member of many different clubs, including the Carlton Club and the Garrick Club. After his retirement from Parliament, Wolff lived almost exclusively in London, where he died on 17 April 1913 at his home, 42 Park Street. ==Death==

Wolff did not marry and died a bachelor, ==Footnotes==