Sir Thomas Lipton (of Lipton's tea fame) who built 5 yachts called Shamrock for the Americas Cup race. -------- Sir Thomas 'Tommy' Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet, KCVO ( 1848 – 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage (although he claimed to have been born in the Gorbals, Glasgow). He was a self-made merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman who was said to be the most persistent challenger of his time (or ever) in the history of the America's Cup yacht race. He was a Scottish Freemasonry in Lodge Scotia,178, (Glasgow)

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