Richard Moon

Sir Richard Moon (1814–1899) was a railway engineer. He became chairman in June 1861 of the London and North Western Railway until he retired on 22 February 1891.[1]

He lived in Bevere, a small hamlet on the banks of the River Severn, in Claines parish from 1849 to 1863.[2] At the vestry meeting on 24 April 1851 he was elected as Vicar's Churchwarden.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Michael. "Moon, Sir Richard, first baronet (1814–1899)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45712. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ Braine, Peter The Railway Moon pmb publishing, Taunton 2010 p32-36
  3. ↑ Braine, Peter The Railway Moon pmb publishing, Taunton 2010 p36

Sources

  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Moon, Sir Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.



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