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 1828 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Allen Lanyon Sarle [1] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
14 Nov 1828 |
Rousay, Orkney, Scotland  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I4178 |
Heddle fam tree |
| Last Modified |
18 Aug 2008 |
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| Notes |
- Was a big wig in the London and Brighton Railway.
A note from Martin Traill about him:
Sarle, [Sir] Allen
Sarle was born at Westness, Rousay, Orkney, of Cornish parentage in 1828. He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School and the High School in Edinburgh. He was a junior clerk in the office of an Edinburgh stockbroker. In 1848 he moved to the London office of the Shropshire Union Railway Company and when this amalgamated with the LNWR he moved to the Audit Office of the London & Brighton Railway. In 1854 he became the Accountant and in 1867 the Secretary and in 1885 the Secretary/General Manager. The function was divided again in 1898. He was knighted in 1896. In 1867 there was a financial crisis on the LBSCR and all the executive officers, other than Sarle, were forced to resign. Samuel Laing MP and a new Board were appointed and they developed the company to become highly profitable. He would appear to be an excellent candidate for a full biography
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- [S449] Magazine - Orkney and Shetland Miscellany - Viking Club - Vol 1 - 1907-1908, (Available at Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=OTUPAAAAYAAJ
Anonymous correspondent info from family bible on Sarle family: http://books.google.com/books?id=OTUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60&vq=sarle&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1).
- [S451] Victor Plarr, Book - Men and women of the time 1899, (Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=oWUBiNS5QW0C
Published by Routledge, 1899
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized May 18, 2005
1300 pages).
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