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'''East Indian Railway Personnel''' - a sub-section of [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) page.


==India Office Records==
The following employment records held at the IOR are relevant :-
*'''L/AG/46/11/133-137''' "Contracts of appointment, c1858-1925" (possibly not all included)
The above is indexed in
*'''Z/L/AG/46''' "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)"
*'''FIBIS database''' [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1068&s_id=323 List of Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from IOR Series L/AG/46/12].
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
*'''L/AG/46/11/138-141''' : "Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922" (giving ages from 1886).
==EIR Personnel - Chronological Order==
The following are notable, with period of service with EIR  -
*'''EIR Agents''' <ref> “Symphony of Progress  - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 114</ref> <ref name=Huddle>[ https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278-279]</ref>
**[[Rowland Macdonald Stephenson]] Sir; Agent 1853-57. - See [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/East_Indian_Railway#History "East Indian Railway - History" page]
**[[Edward Palmer]]; 1857-73.
**[[Cecil Stephenson]]; 1873-75. 
**[[Bradford Leslie]], Sir; 1876-87, previously Chief Engineer 1876-82.
**[[D W Campbell]]; Agent 1887-91.
**[[Richard Gardiner]] Lt.Col R.E.; 1891-99.
**[[James Douglas]]; 1899-1907.
**[[William A Dring]] Sir; 1907-12.
**Robert S Highet, Sir; 1912-18.
**J A Marshall; 1918-19
**Geo Colvin, Sir; 1921-33
**Hugh Hannay, Sir; 1933-34
**J A Bell; 1935-39
*'''Secretary to Agent'''
**[[Cecil Stephenson]]; 1858-65
**T.Lovelock; 1866-72
**W H Russell; 1872-78
**P.Wagstaff; 1878-1900
**H.Wood; 1900--
*'''EIR Consulting Engineers'''
**[[Alexander Meadows Rendel]]; 1855-87. Consulting Engineer to the EIR - [[Naini Bridge]]; [[Lansdowne Bridge]]; [[Jubilee Bridge]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Meadows_Rendel Wikipedia "Alexander Meadows Rendel"]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>
*'''EIR Chief Engineere'''<ref name=Huddle/>
**[[George Turnbull]]; 1851-63.
**[[Samuel Power]]; 1863-1869. Previously General Assistant to the EIR Chief Engineer [[George Turnbull]] on construction of [[Soan Bridge]] and whole line; [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1872.22906 Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings Volume 33 Issue 1872, 1872, pp. 240-241 ]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>.
**G Sibley; 1862-76. From 1862-68 he was Chief Engineer, Upper Provinces, Allahbad
**[[Bradford Leslie]], Sir; 1876-82, later Agent.
**C H Denham; 1882-89
**F E Robertson; 1889-97
**E H Stone; 1897-1903
**C F Findlay; 1903
**R S Highet; 1903--
*'''EIR Chief Auditors'''
**Rob Roberts; 1863-77
**E C S Mackenzie; 1877-92
**J Douglas; 1893-1899
**T Bashford; 1899--
*'''EIR General Traffic Managers'''
**F Cox; 1858-59
**J C Batchelor; 1860-79. From 1860-66 Traffic Manager Howrah
**B P W Smyth; Before 1866 Traffic Manager Allahbad. 
**W A Dring; 1897--
*'''EIR Locomotive Superintendents'''
**[[J Hodgson]]; 1855-57. EIR Locomotive Superintendent <ref>"Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 7 and 11</ref>.
*'''EIR Carriage and Wagon Superintendents'''
**[[Robert Webb Pearce]]; 1855-1900. Carriage and Wagon Superintendent [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]] <ref> Institution of Mechanical Engineers "Obituary Robert Webb Pearce May 1890", page 292 </ref>
*'''EIR Engineering Department'''
**[[William St. John Galwey]]; 1857-72. Construction of  [[EIR Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops ]]; Survey  of the EIR ‘First  Chord line’;  District Engineer. In 1872 transferred to [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]]<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_St._John_Galwey "Graces Guide - William St. John Galwey”]; Retrieved on  5 Jun 2016</ref>.
 
 
*[[Frederick Smith Stanton]] Major General R.E. 1887-92. Board of the East Indian Railway Company, based in London, this following his retirement as Director General of Indian Railways,after 27 years service with the [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]].<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Smith_Stanton "Grace's Guide - Frederick Smith Stanton”]; Retrieved on 5 Jun 2016</ref>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway People]]

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