George Berkley (engineer)

Sir George Berkley KCMG (26 April 1821 – 20 December 1893) was a British civil engineer from London.[3] He designed the Colesberg Bridge, a 390 m Warren truss bridge built in 1885 over the Orange River in Colesberg, South Africa.[4][5]

Sir George Berkley
Born26 April 1821[1]
Holloway, Middlesex, England
Died20 December 1893(1893-12-20) (aged 72)
Kensington, London[2]
NationalityBritish
OccupationEngineer
Spouse(s)
Matilda Garford (m. 1843)
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president)
Significant designColesberg Bridge

Berkley was a consulting engineer for the Indian Midland Railway and, with Sir Charles Fox, built the 19–mile long Indian Tramway, a light railway running from Arconum to Conjeverum.[6][7] He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from May 1891 to May 1892.[8]

Berkley was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in Queen Victoria's 1893 Birthday Honours.[9] His daughter, Rose, married Sir John St. George, 5th Baronet in 1894.[10] He died on 20 December 1893.[9]

He was a younger brother of James Joseph Berkley (1819–1862), chief engineer of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.

References
  1. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
  3. Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 3 November 2008
  4. Structurae, Sir George Berkley, retrieved 2 December 2008
  5. Colesberg Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  6. Millin, David, The Oldbury Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, retrieved 2 December 2008
  7. Footprints on a global landscape (PDF), Hyder Consulting, retrieved 2 December 2008
  8. Watson 1988, p. 251.
  9. "No. 26474". The London Gazette. 9 January 1894. p. 199.
  10. Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1908), The Catholic who's who

Bibliography
  • Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
John Coode		 President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
May 1891 – May 1892		 Succeeded by
Harrison Hayter



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