Griffith, Sir John Purser (1848–1938), civil engineer, was born 5 October 1848 at Holyhead, north Wales, the only son of William Griffith (1801–81), Congregational minister, and Alicia Griffith (née Evans), a member of a leading Welsh Moravian family. John's elder sister died in…
Cox, Ronald
Hemans, George Willoughby
Hemans, George Willoughby (1814–85), railway engineer, was born 27 August 1814 at Ryllon near St Asaph, north Wales, son of Capt. Alfred Hemans of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment and the poet Felicia Hemans (née Browne; 1794–1835) who were married in 1812. In 1818, after a short and…
Vignoles, Charles Blacker
Vignoles, Charles Blacker (1793–1875), civil engineer, was born 31 May 1793 at Woodbrook near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Descended from a notable French huguenot family, his father, Capt. Charles Henry Vignoles, married a daughter of Dr Charles Hutton,…