Andrew Pears

Andrew Pears (1846-10 February 1909) was a soap manufacturer and Liberal Party politician.

Great-grandson of inventor of Pears Soap, he was managing director of A & F Pears Limited.

In 1886 he purchased Spring Grove, a large house in Isleworth. He rebuilt the house in 1893. In 1922 it became Spring Grove Polytechnic and is now the main campus of West Thames College. It is a Grade II listed building.

Described as a 'stalwart radical', Pears was Chairman of the Brentford Liberal Association. From 1892-1901 he was an alderman on Middlesex County Council.

He is buried in Isleworth Cemetery.