Edward Watkin

English MP and railway entrepreneur · Founders · Lived 1819 to 1901 · aged 81

Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies.

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1901Died13 April 19011892Named Member of the 25th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice4 July 1892 to 8 July 18951886Named Member of the 24th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice1 July 1886 to 28 June 18921885Named Member of the 23rd Parliament of the United KingdomOffice24 November 1885 to 26 June 18861880Named Member of the 22nd Parliament of the United KingdomOffice31 March 1880 to 18 November 18851874Named Member of the 21st Parliament of the United KingdomOffice31 January 1874 to 24 March 1880Named High Sheriff of CheshireOffice1 January 1874 to 1 January 18751868KnighthoodAward1865Named Member of the 19th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice11 July 1865 to 11 November 18681864Named Member of the 18th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice9 May 1864 to 6 July 18651819Born26 September 1819

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