Henry Tennant (railway administrator)

Henry Tennant
In The Sketch, 4 March 1896
Born1823 (1823)
Countersett, England
Died25 May 1910(1910-05-25) (aged 86–87)
York, England
OccupationRailway administrator
Spouse
Mary Jane Goundry
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(m. 1847; died 1900)​

Henry Tennant (1823–1910) was a British railway administrator. He served as general manager of the North Eastern Railway from 1870 to 1891. He was chairman of the Central London Railway from 1895 to 1898 and a director of the company after that.[1]

Biography

Henry Tennant was born in Countersett in 1823.[2]

He married Mary Jane Goundry on 17 February 1847. She died in 1900.[2]

He died at his home in York on 25 May 1910.[2]

Locomotive Committee

From 1884 to 1885 the North Eastern Railway was without a Locomotive Superintendent. During this period the work was done by a Locomotive Committee, chaired by Henry Tennant.[3] The committee designed the NER 1463 Class 2-4-0 steam locomotive.

References

  1. ^ Bruce, J Graeme; Croome, Desmond F (2006) [1996]. The Central Line. Capital Transport. pp. 5–6. ISBN 1-85414-297-6.
  2. ^ a b c Irving, R. J. "Tennant, Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48335. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "LNER Encyclopedia: Henry Tennant".


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