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Maunsell and Chief
There were two Chief Mechanical Engineers ; Richard Maunsell between 1923 and 1937 and Oliver Bulleid from 1937 to 1948, both of whom designed new locomotives and rolling stock to replace much of that which was inherited in 1923.
However, any available funds were devoted to electrification programme, and this marked the end of the first period under Chief Mechanical Engineer ( CME ) Richard Maunsell when the Southern Railway led the field in steam locomotive design.
R. E. L. Maunsell, the Southern's first Chief Mechanical Engineer ( 1922 to 1937 ).
* Richard Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and Southern Railway ( UK ).
* March 7: Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell, Chief mechanical engineer of the Southern Railway ( UK ) 1923 – 1937 ( born 1868 ).
The Chief Mechanical Engineer ( CME ) of the newly formed company, Richard Maunsell, modified the Urie locomotives in the light of operational experience and increased the class strength to 74 locomotives.
At " Grouping " in January 1923, the LSWR became part of the new Southern Railway, whose Chief Mechanical Engineer was Richard Maunsell.
The modifications are attributed to Maunsell ’ s Chief Draughtsman James Clayton, who had transferred to Ashford railway works in 1914 from Derby works.
Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell ( 26 May 1868-7 March 1944 ) held the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer ( CME ) of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913 until the 1923 Grouping and then the post of CME of the Southern Railway in England until 1937.
After examining the practice of other British railways, Richard Maunsell, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, secured agreement for a 4-cylinder design, with an improved boiler and Belpaire firebox.
Three of the four future Chief Mechanical Engineers of the post-grouping railways learned their craft at Horwich: Nigel Gresley, Henry Fowler and Richard Maunsell, as well as aviator Alliott Verdon-Roe who went on to found the Manchester-based Avro aeroplane company.
The new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Richard Maunsell re-organised the works and directed the design and construction of various new classes.

Maunsell and James
This Council consisted of the earls of Leicester, Gloucester, Norfolk, Warwick, Hereford, the Count of Aumale, Peter of Savoy, John fitzGeoffrey, Peter de Montfort, Richard Grey, Roger Mortimer, James Audley, John Maunsell, Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester as well as Boniface.
The style of the new locomotive reflected the Midland Railway influence of another of Maunsell ’ s assistants, the ex-Midland Railway engineer James Clayton.

Maunsell and Clayton
When Maunsell became the Southern Railway's CME in the 1923 Grouping, Clayton continued as his deputy.

Maunsell and several
The naval fort design was the latest of several that Maunsell had devised in response to Admiralty inquiries.
HM Fort Roughs was one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts, and its purpose was to guard the port of Harwich, Essex.
It was intended to replace several elderly 4-4-0 classes within the former SECR's running fleet, and attempted to standardise and ease maintenance of locomotives by sharing parts with other Maunsell designs.

Maunsell and steam
The SR N15X class or Remembrance class were a design of British 4-6-0 steam locomotives converted in 1934 by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway from the large LB & SCR L class 4-6-4 tank locomotives that had become redundant on the London – Brighton line following electrification.
Maunsell initiated trials with Urie N15 No. 442 in 1924, and proved that better performance could be obtained by altering the steam circuit, valve travel and draughting arrangements.
The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway.
The SR class LN or Lord Nelson class is a type of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Richard Maunsell in 1926.
The SR U class were 2-6-0 ( mogul ) steam locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell for passenger duties on the Southern Railway ( SR ).

Maunsell and .
The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized entity, located on HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
In 1943, during World War II, HM Fort Roughs was constructed by the United Kingdom as one of the Maunsell Forts, primarily for defence against German mine-laying aircraft that might be targeting the estuaries that were part of vital shipping lanes ; it comprised a floating pontoon base with a superstructure of two hollow towers joined by a deck upon which other structures could be added.
In 1963, Sutch and his manager, Reginald Calvert, took over Shivering Sands Army Fort, a Maunsell Fort off Southend and in 1964 started Radio Sutch, intending to compete with other pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline.
In 2008 the total cost was revised upwards to £ 180M, and projections for finishing the job to 2012. In a report produced by JE Jacobs, Grant Thornton and Faber Maunsell in 2007 which reviewed the alternative options for a second road crossing, it was stated that the estimated working life of the Forth Bridge was in excess of 100 years.
This was known as the Maunsell Scheme, and was projected to run somewhat closer to the rail bridge than the present road bridge.
Commander, Heavy Artillery: Brig-Gen F. G. Maunsell
In July 2005 the winning design was chosen, by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects.
Its first representatives were John le Clerk and Stephen Maunsell, who were elected to the parliament of King Edward I in 1298, but for some reason or other no subsequent return was made until 1640, when the privilege was again resumed by order of the House of Commons.
The contractor's designer was G Maunsell & Partners of London.
In 1937, Bulleid accepted the post of CME of the Southern Railway ( SR ) at a salary of £ 3, 000, after Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell retired.
His first contribution to the Southern Railway was to oversee the construction of three 350 hp six-wheeled diesel-electric shunters ordered by Maunsell in 1936 ; three of these were built and proved effective, with a subsequent order being placed for eight more, though this was subsequently cancelled due to the onset of the Second World War.
Maunsell was responsible for initial attempts at locomotive standardisation on the Southern, as well as overseeing the introduction of electric traction.
They also beat their rivals in two pre-season Maunsell Cup games.
The first experimental batch ( BR numbers 15201-15203 ) were designed by Richard Maunsell of the SR in 1937 and were later classified D3 / 12.
The R series led to the SE & CR's R1 and subsequent H class ; the Bs to the famous C class ; and the Ms to the D and E classes, which in their rebuilt Maunsell form may have been the best British inside-cylinder 4-4-0s.
Sir John Maunsell ( c. 1190 / 1195 – 1265 ), also Sir John Mansel, Provost of Beverley, was king's clerk, and a judge.

Chief and Draughtsman
In 1908, he left to work in Paris with the French division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a Test Engineer, soon promoted to Assistant Works Manager and Chief Draughtsman.
The LB & SCR achieved early fame as the first railway to make use of the Jenny Lind 2-2-2 locomotive in 1847, designed by David Joy, the Chief Draughtsman of the E. B. Wilson and Company of Leeds, which was later widely used by other railways.
* Bernard O ' Dowd-Radical socialist, author, poet and Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman for Victoria.
Smith-Clarke was accompanied by William M. Dunn, who also left his job as a draughtsman at Daimler to become Chief Draughtsman at Alvis.
Steer, with other contributors credited as Helen Ward ( Scientific Artist ), Douglas Carrel ( Chief Draughtsman ), Wayne Anderson ( Pictorial Artist ), and Nghiem Ta ( Artistic Direction ).
Fowler took little part in the design process, which was carried out by Herbert Chambers, Chief Draughtsman at Derby, and his staff.
During his time with the Midland, he spent two years in charge of the casualty and investigation section, and was appointed Assistant Chief Locomotive Draughtsman in 1907.
In 1914, he rejoined the SECR and was soon Chief Locomotive Draughtsman.
The structure was designed by Daniel M. Hahn, who was Chief Draughtsman of the Public Work Department and an Old Boy of Queen's Royal College, during the period when the school was housed at the Princess Building.
The 1361 Class were designed by Harold Holcroft, the Great Western Railway's Chief Draughtsman, by adapting the 1392 Class, originally built in 1874 for the Cornwall Minerals Railway, to conform to George Jackson Churchward's standardisation policy ( Churchward was the Chief Mechanical Engineer ).
David Joy, the Chief Draughtsman of E. B. Wilson and Company, was asked to visit Brighton railway works to make tracings of the drawings of a 2-2-2 locomotive designed by John Gray for the railway so that ten further examples could be built.

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