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Sir '''James Charles Inglis''' (9 September 1851 &ndash; 19 December 1911) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[civil engineer]].<ref name="ICE">{{Citation | last = Institution of Civil Engineers | first = | author-link = Institution of Civil Engineers | title = Minutes of the Proceedings | date = January 1911 | url = http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/ArticleView.aspx?doi=10.1680/imotp.1911.16837 | accessdate =31 December 2008 | doi = 10.1680/imotp.1911.16837}}</ref>
Sir '''James Charles Inglis''' (9 September 1851 &ndash; 19 December 1911) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[civil engineer]].<ref name="ICE">{{Citation | last = Institution of Civil Engineers | first = | author-link = Institution of Civil Engineers | title = Minutes of the Proceedings | date = January 1911 | url = http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/ArticleView.aspx?doi=10.1680/imotp.1911.16837 | accessdate =31 December 2008 | doi = 10.1680/imotp.1911.16837}}</ref>


Inglis was born in [[Aberdeen]] on 9 September 1851.<ref name="masterton">{{Citation | last = Masterton | first = Gordon | author-link = | title = ICE Presidential Address | date = | year = 2005 | url = http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005(1).pdf | accessdate =3 December 2008}}</ref><ref name=grave>{{cite web|title=Image of Grave|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=34621416&PIpi=41932767|publisher=Find a Grave}}</ref> He served in the [[Engineer and Railway Staff Corps]], an unpaid volunteer unit of the [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Volunteer Force]] which provided technical advice to the [[British Army]]. He was appointed a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] in that corps on 24 June 1893, by which time he was also a member of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] (ICE).<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=26415 |startpage=3572|date=23 June 1893|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps on 1 April 1908 on the date that it transferred from the disbanded Volunteer Force to the newly raised [[Territorial Force]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=28207|startpage=9758|date=22 December 1908|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref>
Inglis was born in [[Aberdeen]] on 9 September 1851.<ref name="masterton">{{Citation|last=Masterton |first=Gordon |author-link= |title=ICE Presidential Address |date= |year=2005 |url=http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005(1).pdf |accessdate=3 December 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224220450/http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005%281%29.pdf |archivedate=24 February 2009 |df= }}</ref><ref name=grave>{{cite web|title=Image of Grave|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=34621416&PIpi=41932767|publisher=Find a Grave}}</ref> He served in the [[Engineer and Railway Staff Corps]], an unpaid volunteer unit of the [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Volunteer Force]] which provided technical advice to the [[British Army]]. He was appointed a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] in that corps on 24 June 1893, by which time he was also a member of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] (ICE).<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=26415 |startpage=3572|date=23 June 1893|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps on 1 April 1908 on the date that it transferred from the disbanded Volunteer Force to the newly raised [[Territorial Force]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=28207|startpage=9758|date=22 December 1908|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref>


Inglis was elected president of the ICE for the November 1908 to November 1910 session.<ref name="civils252">{{Harvnb|Watson|1988|p=252}}.</ref> During his time as president he saw the start of construction of their new headquarters at [[One Great George Street]]. Inglis ceremoniously laid the [[foundation stone]] for the building in 1910 after placing beneath it copies of the institution's [[Royal Charter]] and the [[Telford Medal|Telford]], [[James Watt International Medal|Watt]] and [[George Stephenson Medal|Stephenson medal]]s awarded by the institution.<ref name="civils63">{{Harvnb|Watson|1988|p=63}}.</ref> He was knighted by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] at [[St James' Palace]] on 23 February 1911 by which point he was the General Manager of the [[Great Western Railway]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=28469 |startpage=1462|date=24 February 1911|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> Inglis died on 19 December that year and is buried at [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell]] in [[London]].<ref name=grave/><ref name="prize">{{Citation | last = London Independent Photography Ealing Group | first = | author-link = | title = Ealing In A Different Light | date = | year = | url = http://www.ealinglondonphotography.co.uk/exhibitions/group/01_inspiration.html | accessdate =2 January 2009}}</ref>
Inglis was elected president of the ICE for the November 1908 to November 1910 session.<ref name="civils252">{{Harvnb|Watson|1988|p=252}}.</ref> During his time as president he saw the start of construction of their new headquarters at [[One Great George Street]]. Inglis ceremoniously laid the [[foundation stone]] for the building in 1910 after placing beneath it copies of the institution's [[Royal Charter]] and the [[Telford Medal|Telford]], [[James Watt International Medal|Watt]] and [[George Stephenson Medal|Stephenson medal]]s awarded by the institution.<ref name="civils63">{{Harvnb|Watson|1988|p=63}}.</ref> He was knighted by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] at [[St James' Palace]] on 23 February 1911 by which point he was the General Manager of the [[Great Western Railway]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=28469 |startpage=1462|date=24 February 1911|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> Inglis died on 19 December that year and is buried at [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell]] in [[London]].<ref name=grave/><ref name="prize">{{Citation | last = London Independent Photography Ealing Group | first = | author-link = | title = Ealing In A Different Light | date = | year = | url = http://www.ealinglondonphotography.co.uk/exhibitions/group/01_inspiration.html | accessdate =2 January 2009}}</ref>

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James Charles Inglis
"Great Western"
Inglis as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, March 1908
Born9 September 1851
Died19 December 1911
NationalityBritish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil,
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president)

Sir James Charles Inglis (9 September 1851 – 19 December 1911) was a British civil engineer.[1]

Inglis was born in Aberdeen on 9 September 1851.[2][3] He served in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid volunteer unit of the Volunteer Force which provided technical advice to the British Army. He was appointed a Major in that corps on 24 June 1893, by which time he was also a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).[4] He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps on 1 April 1908 on the date that it transferred from the disbanded Volunteer Force to the newly raised Territorial Force.[5]

Inglis was elected president of the ICE for the November 1908 to November 1910 session.[6] During his time as president he saw the start of construction of their new headquarters at One Great George Street. Inglis ceremoniously laid the foundation stone for the building in 1910 after placing beneath it copies of the institution's Royal Charter and the Telford, Watt and Stephenson medals awarded by the institution.[7] He was knighted by King George V at St James' Palace on 23 February 1911 by which point he was the General Manager of the Great Western Railway.[8] Inglis died on 19 December that year and is buried at Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell in London.[3][9]

References

  1. ^ Institution of Civil Engineers (January 1911), Minutes of the Proceedings, doi:10.1680/imotp.1911.16837, retrieved 31 December 2008
  2. ^ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 3 December 2008 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Image of Grave". Find a Grave.
  4. ^ "No. 26415". The London Gazette. 23 June 1893.
  5. ^ "No. 28207". The London Gazette. 22 December 1908.
  6. ^ Watson 1988, p. 252.
  7. ^ Watson 1988, p. 63.
  8. ^ "No. 28469". The London Gazette. 24 February 1911.
  9. ^ London Independent Photography Ealing Group, Ealing In A Different Light, retrieved 2 January 2009

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Preceded by President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
November 1908 – November 1910
Succeeded by