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Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke, 1861-1946
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1861-1946
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BURY, OLIVER ROBERT HAWKE, son of Edward Bury, Westbourne Square, Hyde Park, London, barrister, and Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Dowker, Laysthorpe, Helmsley, Yorks.; b. 3 Nov 1861; adm. 23 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1878; a railway engineer, AMICE 5 Apr 1887, MICE 27 Feb 1894; began career in Locomotive Department, London and North-Western Railway Co.; General Manager and Chief Engineer, Entre Rios Railway, Argentina, 1894; General Manager, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, 1900-2; General Manager, Great Northern Railway (afterwards LNER) 1902-12, director 1912-45; one of Commissioners appointed to enquire into working and management of Egyptian State Railways, 1904; chairman, London Electricity Supply Corporation, and London Power Co.; JP (1917) Hertfordshire; d. 21 Mar 1946.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.