ACWORTH SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL 1850-1925 KT

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  • Reference
    • GB 97 COLL MISC 0257
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • One volume

Scope and Content

Brochure, time tables, staff instructions and card of invitation to W. M. Acworth relating to the opening of the Forth Bridge.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir William Mitchell Acworth 1850-1925

Acworth was educated at Uppingham School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a member of the London County Council, 1889-1892. Acworth was also Unionist Candidate for Keighley Division of West Riding, 1906, 1910, 1911. He was a member of many Royal Commissions and Committees on British Railways, including the Royal Commission of Enquiry into Canadian Railways, 1916; South Rhodesian Railways, 1918. He was Chairman of Committee on Indian Railways, 1921. Acworth reported on Austrian Railways for the League of Nations, 1923, and also on German Railways for the Reparations Commission, 1924. He was a member of Council of the Royal Economic Society and of the Institute of Transport, and was Director of the Underground Electric Railways of London, Limited, and other companies. Acworth was knighted in 1921.

His publications include:

  • Railways of England (1889)
  • Railways of Scotland (1890)
  • Railways and the Traders(1891)
  • Railway Economics(1905)
  • State Railway Ownership (1920)

Arrangement

One volume

Access Information

OPEN

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the BLPES pamphlet collection

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Conditions Governing Use

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Geographical Names

Scotland