But Eddie Pears Stobart - the man behind the Eddie Stobart lorry firm - faced a life of tragedy, heartbreak and scandal as he sought to keep the wheels on his family's multimillion-pound business.

Eddie Pears Stobart, who originally founded the family-named business Eddie Stobart in the 1940s, died on November 25. He was born in 1929 in Cumbria and worked as a farmer before trying his arm ...

Lorry legend Eddie Stobart will be remembered for building his renowned haulage empire. Mr Stobart, who originally founded the family-named business in the 1940s, died at the age of 95 on November ...

It was in fact the second of Eddie’s three sons, Edward (1956-2011), who created the Stobart “superbrand” − while Eddie himself, a devout chapel-goer, was content to run a modest village ...

Famed trucking firm founder Eddie Stobart suffered many heartbreaks before his death. The businessman, whose full name was Eddie Pears Stobart, died on November 25 at the age of 95, his ...

Eddie Stobart, the trucking magnate whose name became synonymous with Britain’s logistics industry, passed on November 25. In his time, he built an empire that spanned generations and gained ...

EDDIE Stobart has died aged 95 with tributes flooding in for the man who founded one of the Britain's most renowned haulage firms. The founder of the firm - whose name was famously plastered ...

The founder of the UK’s most renowned lorry firm has died aged 95. Eddie Pears Stobart, who launched the haulage company Eddie Stobart in 1946, died on 25 November. Born in 1929 in Cumbria ...

Eddie Stobart, the founder of the iconic trucking firm, has sadly passed away, it was revealed today. Eddie, whose full name was Eddie Pears Stobart, initially established a small agricultural ...