Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

Christopher Hinton
Born	12 May 1901 Tisbury
Died	22 June 1983 London
Nationality	British
Fields	nuclear
Known for	Calder Hall
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Society

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, (12 May 1901, Tisbury, Wiltshire, – 22 June 1983, London) was a British nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the world's first large-scale commercial nuclear power station.

Career

Hinton's career began as graduate engineering apprentice with the Great Western Railway at Swindon. Hinton graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a first class honors degree. Hinton then worked for Brunner Mond, and during WWII, Hinton was seconded to the Ministry of Supply. In 1946, Hinton was appointed Deputy Controller of Production, Atomic Energy, and in 1954 when the Atomic Energy Authority was formed, he was appointed Member for Engineering and Production as Managing Director of 'Industrial Group Risley' which comprised the Risley headquarters and laboratories at Culcheth, Capenhurst, Windscale, Springfields and Dounreay plus factories at Springfields, Capenhurst, Windscale, Calder, Dounreay and Chapelcross. Hinton's department was responsible for the design and construction of most of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields and Dounreay. In 1957 Hinton became the first chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

Awards and achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1951
• Fellow of the Royal Society 1954
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1957
• Fellow of Trinity College, 1957
• In 1965 he was made a life peer as Baron Hinton of Bankside, of Dulwich in the County of London.
• President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1966
• Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, 1976
• Order of Merit, 1976
• Chancellor of the University of Bath 1966-80
• International James Watt Medal 1973
• First President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• DRS Class 37409 named Lord Hinton at Crewe Open Day at Gresty Bridge Depot, July 10th, 2010

External links

• http://books.nap.edu/books/0309043492/html/135.html
• http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!183~!0&profile=icos#focus
• http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/fame/hinton.htm

Academic offices
New institution	Chancellor of the University of Bath 1966–1980	Succeeded by Sir Frank Kearton
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Harold Norman Gwynne Allen	President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1966	Succeeded by Hugh Graham Conway