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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill

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Date transcribed2012-05-21
Transcribed byRobert Charnock
CommentVol 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.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "WYNNE" in "Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill" Surname  WYNNE    
Given names  Sir Trevelyn Rashleigh    
Awards  KCSI (1911)KCIE (1909), V.D., M.I.C.E. Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jeruselem    
Birth  1854    
Marriage  1906    
Death  28 June 1942, aged 88 yrs, at Yew Tree House, Leatherhead    
Wifes name  Winifred    
Wifes fathers name  Henry Conduit    
Fathers name  Llewellyn Wynne, of Mold, Flint    
Children  1 son    
Primary Education  Brighton College    
Term at CH  1871-74    
Academic achievements  In the first set of students to enter Coopers Hill. Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer.    
Career  Posted to Bombay 1877-82. Executive engineer 1883. His exceptional talents were soon recognised. The newly formed Bengal Nagpur Railway Co induced him when only 33 yrs to resign Gov't service to become their first Agent and Chief engineer. He built their main line within the estimated cost - a feat unusual in the history of Indian railway construction. In 1902 he resigned and spent 2 yrs 6 mths in China on mining and railway work. On the creation of the Indian Railway Board in 1905, he was appointed a member and 3 yrs later became its President. In 1914 he was appointed Gov't Director of Indian Railway Companies but left in 1915 to become Managing Director of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Co. and from 1930 its Chairman. Also on the Boards of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. and the Burma Corporation. Hon ADC to the Viceroy of India    
Ref  Obit The Times 3 July 1942. Coopers Hill Mag. XIII 12    
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