George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the "Railway King", was born in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, north of Stamford Bridge, east of York. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Stamford Bridge is a village and Civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. He is buried in Scrayingham. Aged 15 he fled his home village in disgrace after fathering a child, the year being 1815. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
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Career
Apprenticed to a firm of linen-drapers in York, he soon became a successful merchant, and in 1837 was elected lord mayor of York. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Having inherited, in 1827, a sum of £30,000, he invested it in North Midland Railway shares, and was shortly afterwards appointed a director. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The North Midland Railway was a British Railway company which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough and Leeds in 1840 In 1833 he had founded and for some time acted as manager of the York Banking Company. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
Railways
He had for long believed in running a railway to York, and he took an active part in securing the passing of the York and North Midland Railway Bill, and was elected chairman of the new company with the line being opened in 1839. The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway From this time he turned his attention to the proliferation of railways. In 1841 he initiated the Newcastle and Darlington line. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link With George Stephenson he planned and carried out the extension of the Midland to Newcastle, and by 1844 had over a thousand miles of railway under his control. George Stephenson ( 9 June 1781 &ndash 12 August 1848) was an English Civil engineer and mechanical engineer Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year In this year the mania for railway speculation was at its height, and no man was more courted than the "railway king". The name was conferred upon him by Sydney Smith. This article is about the English writer Sydney Smith Sydney Smith ( June 3, 1771, Woodford, Essex England –
Member of Parliament
Despite his personal wealth, he was presented with a tribute of £20,000. Deputy-lieutenant for Durham, and thrice lord mayor of York, he was elected the Conservative MP for Sunderland between 1849 and 1851 [1]; , the event being judged of such public interest that the news was conveyed to London by a special train, which travelled part of the way at the rate of 75 miles an hour. Durham (ˈdʌrəm in RP, locally ˈdʏrəm is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham, England A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England.
Fraud and ruin
Full of rewards and honours, he was suddenly ruined by the disclosure of fraud in the Eastern Railway. Sunderland clung to her generous representative till 1859, but on the bursting of the bubble he had lost influence and fortune. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common His later life was chiefly spent on the continent. Some friends gave him a small annuity a short time before his death, which took place in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
His name has been used to point the moral of vaulting ambition and unstable fortune, Thomas Carlyle calling him the "big swollen gambler" in one of the Latter-Day Pamphlets. Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian whose work was highly influential during the Victorian era. Latter-Day Pamphlets was a series of " Pamphlets quot published by Thomas Carlyle in 1850, in vehement denunciation of what he believed to be the political
Memorials
Hudson House, on the site of former York and North Midland Railway terminus in York, is named after him, as is George Hudson Street in the City of York running parallel to North Street. The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
References
- ^ Who's Who in British History. ISBN 1-85585-771 - 5. p 435
Further reading
- A. J. Peacock and David Joy, George Hudson of York, Dalesman, 1971.
- A. J. Arnold, and S. M. McCartney, George Hudson: The Rise and Fall of the Railway King, London and New York: Hambeldon and London, 2004
- Lambert, Richard S. The Railway King 1800-1871, a study of George Hudson and the Business Morals of his Times, George Allen and Unwin, 1964.
See also
External links
- Short biography, bibliography and more
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Railway Mania is the term given to the speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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