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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 renowned haulage firm, has died at the age of 95. The former boss of the Cumbria-based company, recognisable for its green and red fleet of lorries, died on 25 ...