Leopold Halliday Savile

Sir Leopold Savile
Born
Leopold Halliday Savile

31 August 1870
Bridge of Earn, Perthshire
Died28 January 1953(1953-01-28) (aged 82)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (president)

Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, KCB (31 August 1870 – 28 January 1953) was a Scottish civil engineer.[1][2]

Savile was born at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire,[3] the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Walter Savile and Sarah Emma Stoddart. He was a great grandson of the MP Christopher Atkinson (later Savile). He was educated at Marlborough College and King's College London. He was a pupil of Sir John Wolfe Barry and Henry Marc Brunel from 1891–96.[4]

In 1931, Savile was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and was their president in 1948.[1] Savile was appointed to the panel of qualified civil engineers required by the Reservoirs Act of 1930 where he was responsible for the design, construction and inspection of reservoirs.[5] At this time he was working for Alexander Gibb and partners.[5] He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between November 1940 and November 1941.[6]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1925.[7] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the same order on 1 March 1929.[8]

In 1904, Savile married Evelyn Stileman, daughter of Frank Stileman, consulting engineer to the Furness Railway Company. They had one daughter. After her death in 1920, he married secondly, in 1929, Lilith Savile (who was his first cousin once removed), daughter of Brigadier-General Walter Clare Savile.[4]

He died in 1953.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Watson, Garth (1989). The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers. Thomas Telford Ltd. p. 170. ISBN 0-7277-1526-7.
  2. ^ Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval (1994). Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 132. ISBN 0-8063-1433-8.
  3. ^ Gordon Masterton's ICE presidential address Archived 2006-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Leopold Savile". The Times. 29 January 1953. p. 10.
  5. ^ a b "No. 33890". The London Gazette. 9 December 1932. p. 7828.
  6. ^ Watson, Garth (1988). The Civils. Thomas Telford. p. 253. ISBN 0-7277-0392-7.
  7. ^ "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1925. p. 2.
  8. ^ "No. 33472". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 February 1929. p. 1437.


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November 1940 – November 1941 		Succeeded by


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