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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 in post indicated.
*'''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]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</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. He was also the first Honorary Colonel of the [[East Indian Railway Regiment]] formed in 1869 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/East_Indian_Railway:_1906_History_of_the_EIR_-_Chapter_V Grace's Guide "History of the EIR, Chapter V]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>
**[[Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson]]; 1873-75. Previously 1858-65 Secretary to Agent.
**[[Bradford Leslie]], Sir; 1876-87. Previously 1876-82 Chief Engineer.
**[[David Wilkinson Campbell]]; 1887-91. Previously 1863-1887 Locomotive Superintendent
**[[Richard Gardiner]] Lt.Col R.E.; 1891-99.
**[[James Douglas]]; 1899-1907.
**[[William Arthur Dring]] Sir; 1907-12. Previously 1897-1907, General Traffic Manager.
**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''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**[[Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson]]; 1858-65. From 1873 Agent,
**T Lovelock; 1866-72
**W H Russell; 1872-78
**P Wagstaff; 1878-1900
**H Wood; 1900--
*'''EIR Consulting Engineers'''
**[[Alexander Meadows Rendel]]; Consulting Engineer to the EIR 1855-87 - [[Naini Bridge]]; [[Lansdowne Bridge]]; [[Jubilee Bridge]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Meadows_Rendel Wikipedia "Alexander Meadows Rendel"]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref>
**[[William Erskine Baker]], General Sir; [[Public Works Department]], Consulting Engineer to EIR on opening of the line to the Ganges at Rajmehal, 1860 <ref>"Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 12</ref>.
*'''EIR Chief Engineers''' <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; <ref>[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 Chief Engineer, Upper Provinces, Allahbad
**[[Bradford Leslie]], Sir; 1876-82. From 1882 EIR 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''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**Rob Roberts; 1863-77
**E C S Mackenzie; 1877-92
**J Douglas; 1893-1899
**T Bashford; 1899--
*'''EIR General Traffic Managers''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**F Cox; 1858-59
**J C Batchelor; 1860-79. From 1860-66 Traffic Manager, Howrah
**B P W Smyth; ?-1866 Traffic Manager, Allahabad. 
**[[William Arthur Dring]]; 1897-1907. From 1907 EIR Agent
*'''EIR Locomotive Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**[[John Hodgson]]; 1855-57 [[EIR Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops|Locomotive Workshops at Howrah]] <ref>"Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 7 and 11</ref>.
**[[Charles Lingard Stokes]]; 1857-63. Fist at Howrah, from 1862 [[EIR Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops|Locomotive Workshops at Jamalpur]] 
**P D Nicholl; ?-1863 Locomotive Superintendent, Upper Provinces, Allahabad
**[[David Wilkinson Campbell]]; 1863-1887. From 1887 EIR Agent
**[[John Strachan]]; 1887-1890
**[[A W Rendell]]; 1890-1901.
**T R Browne; 1901--. Previously 1899-1901, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent
*'''EIR Carriage and Wagon Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**[[Robert Webb Pearce]]; 1855-1889. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Howrah]] <ref>Institution of Mechanical Engineers "Obituary Robert Webb Pearce May 1890", page 292 </ref>
**[[Richard Pearce]]; 1889-98. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop, Howrah]]
**T R Brown; 1899-1901. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop, Howrah and from 1900 at Lillooah]]. From 1901 Locomotive Superintendent
**H K Bamber; 1901-- [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop, Lillooah]]
*'''EIR Colliery Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**J E Cockburn; 1859-71, Resident Engineer. Note 'In 1863 the mining operations in the Giridih Colliery having beeen suspended, all establishment was reduced to that required to guard the property, till a suitable branch railway was established'
**T E Dunn; 1871-76
**I J Witty; 1876-79
**R H Abbatt; 1879-80
**W G Olpherts; 1880-81
**W Saise Dr; 1881-1905
**T H Ward; 1905--
*'''EIR Chief Medical Officers''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**R G Griffith; 1893-1902
**J S Brooke; 1902--
*'''Heads of Store Department''' <ref name=Huddle/>.
**T F Campbell, 1858-60, General Store-keeper
**D Murray; 1860-62, General Store-keeper
**A C Bell; 1863-64, Principal Store-keeper
**G H W Conroy; 1864-83, Chief Store-keeper
**J Oates; 1883-98, Chief Store-keeper. From 1886 Controller of Stores
**W Humphries; 1898-1902, Controller of Stores
**T A White; 1903--, Controller of Stores
*'''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>.
 
*'''EIR Directors, London based'''
**[[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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