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Croudson William Barnish (1883-1960) was a Director of Unilever Ltd and NV who produced numerous reports charting the extensive travel he undertook in the course of his work.

Early Life & Involvement with Lever Brothers
Barnish was born in Wigan in 1883, the son of Lord Leverhulme's doctor. However, rather than following in his father's medical footsteps, he left school at the age of 14 to work at the sales office of Lever Brothers in Liverpool, and then went on to work abroad in the Export Department in India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma (Myanmar) and South Africa. On his return to England he worked for the Overseas Department in Liverpool.

Career Development: Port Sunlight & London
He was appointed as Director of Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight in 1921. He was also one of the first directors of Zog Ltd, a company formed by Lever Brothers in 1926. In 1930, he moved to London as Chairman of the Overseas Committee and of the Continental Committee, before becoming Contact Director with special responsibilities in South Africa. He was a Director of Unilever Ltd (1930-48) and NV (1930-1939, 1945-1948) until his retirement in 1948.

International Visits
In the course of his career, Barnish made many international trips, writing reports on various territories in a professional capacity:


 * March 1939 - Malaya (Malaysia and Singapore), Java (Indonesia) and Siam (Thailand)
 * April 1939 - Burma (Myanmar) and Egypt
 * November 1939 - South Africa
 * December 1939 - Egypt
 * December 1945 - Uganda and Palestine
 * December 1946 - Mauritius
 * March 1946 - Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
 * March 1947 - Lebanon
 * April 1947 - Egypt, Sudan and Palestine

Personal Life and Later Years
Barnish was married to Hilda Meacham. Lord Leverhulme was Godfather to one of Barnish's daughters.

He was a keen sportsman and supported sports and social organisations at Port Sunlight; a lounge at Port Sunlight Men's Club was named after him.

Barnish died on 14 August 1960 at the age of 77.