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*1879; Sir W. Andrew was chairman of the Stafford House Committee for promoting the construction of a railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople and the Mediterranean. Sir W. Andrew to the last took an interest in everything relating to the East and he was a Fellow of many scientific societies <ref name=Grace/>.
1882; Knighted when he received the Companionship of the Order of the Indian Empire <ref name=Grace/>.
==Other Business Interests of W P Andrew==
He was Chairman of the ‘[[Scinde Railway Company]]’ with its subsidiaries the ‘[[Indus Flotilla]]’, the ‘[[Punjaub Railway]]’ and the ‘[[Delhi Railway]]’ - which were merged to become the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway|‘Scinde, Punjaub and Delhi Railway Company’]] .
<br> In addition he was Chairman of the following companies:-
* ‘[[Euphrates Valley Railway Company Limited]]’ floated 1856 <ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Report%20of%20the%20Directors%20-%20Scinde%20Railway%20Company.pdf “Direct Route to India – The Euphrates Valley Railway Company Limited - Prospectus” by W P Andrew Esq., undated c.1856, 12 pages (pdf pages 23-36). Panhwar ‘Rare Books Collection’]; Retrieved on 26 Feb 2018</ref>.
* ‘[[European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company]]’, floated c.1856 <ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Report%20of%20the%20Directors%20-%20Scinde%20Railway%20Company.pdf “European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company (from Selucha to the Persian Gulf) - Prospectus” by W P Andrew, undated c.1856, 10 pages (pdf pages 39-48). Panhwar ‘Rare Books Collection’]; Retrieved on 26 Feb 2018</ref> .
* ‘[[North of India Tramway Company Limited]]’, floated 1857 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Po5dAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PP1 “Tramroads in Northern India, in connection with the Iron Mines of Kumaon & Gurhwal” by W. P. Andre, 1857. Google Books]; Retrieved on 26 Feb 2018</ref>.
==Reports and Papers by W.P. Andrew==
