George Hudson

British politician (1800-1871) · Founders · Died at 71

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George Hudson was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King" - a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844.

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Leeds and Selby, York and North Midland railway maps

The original York station pictured in 1861

George Hudson "Off the Rail" as caricatured in Punch

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