Editing Great Western Railway (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Statue IKBrunel PaddingtonStn DMS 05122005-003-1.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A black statue of a seated man holding a top hat|[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s statue at Paddington station]]

===Chairmen===
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*Benjamin Shaw 1835–1837<ref name=Chairmen>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_gwr_chairmen.htm |title=Great Western Chairmen |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=The Great Western Archive |publisher=John Daniel |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620065753/http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_gwr_chairmen.htm |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*William Sims 1837–1839<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Charles Russell (1786–1856)|Charles Russell]] 1839–1855<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]] 1855–1856<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington]] 1856–1857<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough]] 1857–1859<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne]] 1859–1863<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]]  1863<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Richard Potter (businessman)|Richard Potter]] 1863–1865<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Daniel Gooch]] 1865–1889<ref name=Chairmen/>
*Frederick Saunders 1889–1895<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor]] 1895–1905<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Alfred Baldwin (politician)|Alfred Baldwin]] 1905–1908<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill]] 1908–1934<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan]] 1934–1940<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Charles Jocelyn Hambro]] 1940–1945<ref name=Chairmen/>
*[[Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal|Viscount Portal]] 1945–1948<ref name=Chairmen/>
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===Chief Engineers, Locomotive Superintendents, CMEs===
{{main|List of chief mechanical engineers of the Great Western Railway|l1=List of CMEs of the GWR and related railways}}
;Chief Engineer
*[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] - (1835–1859) Also engineered many of the broad-gauge lines with which the GWR amalgamated, and the standard-gauge [[Taff Vale Railway]]. He was responsible for choosing the route of the railway and designing many of today's iconic structures including [[Box Tunnel]], [[Royal Albert Bridge]], [[Maidenhead Railway Bridge]], {{stnlnk|Paddington}} and {{stnlnk|Bristol Temple Meads}} stations.{{sfn|Brindle|2006|pages=52–179}}
;Locomotive Superintendent
[[File:National Railway Museum Daniel Gooch Fire Fly model.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A glass display case containing a large brass model of a steam locomotive. At the back of the case is a black and white photograph of a man.|upright|A display commemorating [[Daniel Gooch]] at the [[National Railway Museum]]]]
* [[Daniel Gooch]] - (1837–1864) Later the chairman (1865–1889). He was responsible for the railway's early locomotive successes, such as the [[GWR Iron Duke Class|Iron Duke Class]], and for establishing [[Swindon railway works]].{{sfn|MacDermot|1927|at=Chapter 15}}
*[[Joseph Armstrong (engineer)|Joseph Armstrong]] - (1864–1877) Locomotive Superintendent to the [[Shrewsbury and Chester Railway]] and the [[Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]]s from 1853, he was responsible for the locomotive workshops at Wolverhampton.<ref name="Intro" /> When they amalgamated with the GWR the following year he was given the title of Northern Division Locomotive Superintendent (1854–1864), he then moved to Swindon as the chief Locomotive Superintendent.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[William Dean (engineer)|William Dean]] - (1877–1902).<ref name="Intro" />
* [[George Jackson Churchward]] - (1902–1915) who instigated much standardisation of locomotive components.<ref name="Churchward" />
;Chief Mechanical Engineer
* George Jackson Churchward - (1915–1921) The position was renamed.<ref name="Churchward" />
* [[Charles Collett]] - (1922–1941).<ref name="Intro" />
* [[Frederick Hawksworth]] - (1941–1947) The last GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer.<ref name="Intro" />

===Others===
* [[George Armstrong (engineer)|George Armstrong]], brother of Joseph, and Superintendent of the Northern Division (1864–1897) at [[Wolverhampton railway works|Wolverhampton works]], which he ran almost independently of Swindon.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=Denis |title=Locomotive engineers of the GWR |date=1987 |publisher=Stephens |location=Wellingborough |isbn=0-85059-819-2 |pages=28–29}}</ref> 
* James Grierson - Goods Manager (1857–1863), he then became the general manager (1863–1887) from which position he saw the railway through a period of expansion and the early gauge conversions.<ref name="GWCentenaryO">{{cite journal| title = The Chairmen and Principal Officers of the Great Western Railway Company 1833–1935| journal = Great Western Railway Magazine| volume = 47| issue = 9| page = 462| publisher = Great Western Railway| year = 1935}}</ref>
* Henry Lambert - The general manager (1887–1896) responsible for managing the final gauge conversion in 1892.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[James Milne (railway manager)|James Milne]] - General manager (1929–1947) who saw the GWR through [[World War II]].<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[Felix Pole|Sir Felix Pole]] - As general manager (1921–1929) he oversaw the Grouping of the South Wales railways into the GWR following the [[Railways Act 1921]], and promoted the use of 20 ton wagons to bring efficiencies to the railway's coal trade.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[Charles Spagnoletti]] - The GWR's [[Electrical telegraph|Telegraph]] Superintendent (1855–1892) patented the Disc Block Telegraph Instrument that was used to safely control the dispatch of trains. First used on the [[Metropolitan Railway]] in 1863 and the [[Bristol and South Wales Union Railway]] in 1864, it was later used on many other lines operated by the company.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
A number of engineers trained at or worked for the GWR, before moving to other companies, including: {{hlist
|[[Thomas Russell Crampton]] ([[South Eastern Railway (England)|SER]] among others)<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[Harold Holcroft]] ([[South Eastern and Chatham Railway|SECR]], [[Southern Railway (UK)|SR]]),<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[James Holden (locomotive engineer)|James Holden]] ([[Great Eastern Railway|GER]])<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[William Martley]] ([[London, Chatham and Dover Railway|LCDR]])<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Proceedings |title=Memoirs of Members deceased in 1874 |date=1875 |publisher=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] |location=Birmingham |pages=29–30 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsinst02britgoog/page/28 }}</ref>
|[[John G. Robinson]] ([[Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway|WL&WR]], [[Great Central Railway|GCR]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Healy |first1=John |title=Great Central Memories |date=1987 |publisher=Baton Transport |location=London |isbn=0 85936 193 4 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/greatcentralmemo0000heal}}</ref>
|[[William Stanier]] ([[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]])<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[William Stroudley]] ([[Highland Railway|HR]], [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|LBSCR]])<ref>{{cite web |title=William Stroudley: locomotive engineer |url=https://steamindex.com/people/stroud.htm |website=steamindex.com |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> 
|[[Archibald Sturrock]] ([[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|GNR]])<ref name=Griffths>{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=Denis |title=Locomotive engineers of the GWR |date=1987 |publisher=Stephens |location=Wellingborough |isbn=0-85059-819-2 |pages=155–159}}</ref>
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