Guilford Lindsey Molesworth

Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1828-1925)

Railway Achievements in India and Ceylon

The following extracted from 'Grace's Guide'; 1925 Obituary

• 1859, left London for Ceylon, to take up all appointment as engineer and locomotive superintendent to the Ceylon Railway Company., then under construction.
• 1862, when the line was taken over by the Government, he was appointed Chief Engineer Ceylon Government Railway.
• 1866, became Director General of Railways and Director of Public Works to the Government of Ceylon;
• 1871, made consulting engineer to the Government of India in connexion with State Railways, and during his tenure of office, which extended to 1888, no less than 3,984 miles of railway were sanctioned, and 3,450 miles were opened.