caption death_date children birth_place nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
historical photo of morton peto 13 november 1889 15 woking , surrey , england english 4 august 1809 mary -lrb- 11 children -rrb- grissell -lrb- four children -rrb- sarah ainsworth kelsall 180px morton peto
 sir samuel morton peto , 1st baronet civil engineering contractor
morton peto

sir samuel morton peto , 1st baronet -lrb- 4 august 1809 -- 13 november 1889 -rrb- was an english entrepreneur , civil engineer and railway developer .
a partner in the firm of grissell and peto , he managed construction firms that built many major buildings and monuments in london , including the reform club , the lyceum , nelson 's column and the new houses of parliament ; which made him a millionaire .
as a partner in peto and betts , he then became one of the major contractors in the building of the rapidly expanding railways of the time .
