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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 | ROUSE | | | Given names | Sir Alexander Macdonald | | | Awards | CIE (1913), Kt ( 27 Feb 1930), FCH, M.I.C.E., M.T.P.I. | | | Birth | 14 September 1878 | | | Marriage | 1910 | | | Death | 9 December 1966 | | | Wifes name | Jean Lois (died 19 September 1958, at Northgate, Beccles, Norfolk) | | | Wifes fathers name | Major C.J. Jameson, Bengal Staff Corps | | | Fathers name | George Woodford Rouse and Williamina Georgina (daughter of Alexander Macdonald, of Aberdeen) | | | Children | 2 sons, Patrick and George serving in the Army and Navy respectively | | | Primary Education | Linton House School, St Paul's | | | Term at CH | 1897-00 | | | Sports career | Colours for rugby and rowing. Had a splendid physique and distinguished himself at Coopers Hill as a student of engineering, on the rugger field and on the river. | | | Academic achievements | Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer. | | | Career | Posted to the United Province Public Works Dept. Superintending engineer Central Public Works Dept 1912. Chief engineer New Capital Works Delhi in succession to Sir Hugh Keeling 1925-33. | | | Military & War Service | Chief engineer Air Raid Precautions Dept, Ministry Home Security and later the Home Office 1938-49. The same qualities were invaluable in meeting the novel problems of protection from enemy attack from the air, and in putting into effect the results of research and experiment achieved by the branch under Sir Reginald Stradling | | | Retirement | Retired 1933 | | | Other | President Coopers Hill Society for several years. 'Presentation to Sir Alexander Rouse' by the present and past technical staff of the Chief Engineers Branch of the Home Office and Min. of Home Security. His sensible and strong personality helped him to cope successfully with the many difficult situations as a civil engineer responsible for executing the New Delhi Capital Works from the designs of the celebrated architects Sir Edward Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. XV Obit Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Vol 38 p172. Obit The Times 10 Dec 1966 |
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The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) was established at Coopers Hill, Surrey, England in 1870 to train Civil Engineers for the Indian Public Works Department.
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