Editing Pearson plc (section)

=== Electricity businesses 1900 to 1960 ===
The conglomerate entered the electrification market in 1900, when Weetman Pearson was requested to electrify Mexico's tramway system, and then the general electrical supply in the city of [[Veracruz (city)|Vera Cruz]] and elsewhere.<ref name="IDCH"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Cate |title=Records of S. Pearson and Son circa 1870–1955 |url=https://archives.sciencemuseumgroup.ac.uk/Documents/SCM/Finding%20Aids/Named%20Archives/PEAR.pdf |website=sciencemuseumgroup.ac.uk |publisher=[[Science Museum at Wroughton]] |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> This process was repeated in Chile.<ref name="IDCH"/> These electrical interests were consolidated into Whitehall Electric Investments Ltd in 1922.<ref name="IDCH"/>

In 1929 the electricity businesses in Mexico and Chile were sold, but similar electricity utilities were developed in southwestern England until they were nationalised in 1948.<ref name="IDCH"/>

All of Pearson's overseas electricity utility businesses, which had spread to Greece, were closed by 1960.<ref name="IDCH"/>