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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill
| Date transcribed | 2012-05-21 | | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | | Comment | Vol 1 F.W. Abbatt to RHE Hutton-Squire.
At a meeting of the Coopers Hill Society in 1959 the lack of any biographical record of students admitted to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, was discussed. This register is an attempt to complete a record. It may be regarded as an appendix to: A Short History of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, by J.G.P. Cameron, C.I.E., issued by the Coopers Hill Society for private circulation in 1960.
The names of the students admitted have been taken from the calendars published annually by authority and preserved in the library of the India Office, Whitehall. The biographical details have been compiled mainly from information in the magazines mentioned on page 28 of Camerons History.
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 | Surname | JACOB | | | Given names | Sir Lionel Montague | | | Awards | KCSI (1911), CSI (1905), M.I.C.E., Hon Assoc R.I.B.A. | | | Birth | 24 April 1853 | | | Death | 9 February 1934 | | | Wifes name | Minnie Winstanley Rushton | | | Fathers name | 4th son of Gen. Herbert Jacob | | | Primary Education | Bath | | | Term at CH | 1872-75 | | | Academic achievements | Passed out second for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer, 2nd grade | | | Career | Posted to Public Works Dept. Punjab Irrigation Branch. Executive engineer 1883. Under secretary to Gov't. 1894-98. Superintending engineer 1899. Member Legislative Council Burma 1903. Chief engineer Burma 1903-05. Inspector general of irrigation and Secretary to Gov't. of India 1905-11. Member of Viceroy's Council 1910-11 | | | Retirement | Retired 1911 | | | Other | He was one of the best known and best liked of the men of his time who have won high repute as engineers in the service of the Gov't of India. He had many accomplishments and an exceptionally wide circle of friends. He was due to retire in 1908 under the age rules, but the Gov't of India placed so much value on his versatile services that his term was extended for 3 years. His literary gifts were mostly displayed in fugitive pieces of wit and wisdom in the columns of the Allahabad newspaper "The Pioneer", but now and again there were popular reprints, notably "Mr & Mrs John Brown At Home" . An amateur actor in great request, he was for five years (1906-10) President of the Simla A.D.C.. He painted in oils and watercolours, was a judge of dogs and a good game shot. Quick, impulsive and sometimes hasty in argument, no one could long be offended with a man whose disposition was so generally charming. | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. XIII 18 & XII 29. Obit The Times 10 Feb 1934 |
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