Sir Ernest Jardine, who as vice-chairman had partly funded the first lock at Cromwell in 1908, died in 1947, and the company ceased to exist in 1948, when the waterways were nationalised.
Sir Ernest Jardine, que mentres fora vicepresidente tiña financiado en parte a primeira esclusa en Cromwell, morreu en 1947, e a compañía deixou de existir en 1948, cando as hidrovías foron nacionalizadas.