He worked primarily as a railway engineer, beginning his railway career as a pupil of E.B. Thornhill on the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1893, after which he worked for the Midland Railway (from 1899) and the North London Railway from January 1903, before returning to the LNWR on 1 March 1906 as assistant engineer. Three years later on 1 March 1909, he was promoted to chief assistant engineer, becoming chief engineer on 1 October the same year following the retirement of Thornhill the previous month. At the start of 1923 he was appointed as the chief engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), becoming the LMS consulting engineer from 1 February 1927, retiring on 1 April 1930.[3][4]
He became involved in the Institution of Civil Engineers as an associate member in 1897, progressing to a full membership in 1904, he was first elected to the council in 1915 and would serve on it for the next seventeen years.[3] He was elected vice president of the institution in 1924 and served as its president from 1927 to 1928.[5]
ernest, crosbie, trench, ernest, frederic, crosbie, trench, august, 1869, september, 1960, british, civil, engineer, ernest, born, august, 1869, george, frederic, trench, frances, charlotte, talbot, crosbie, anne, york, duchess, exeter, sister, edward, richard. Ernest Frederic Crosbie Trench CBE TD 6 August 1869 15 September 1960 was a British civil engineer 1 Ernest was born on 6 August 1869 to George Frederic Trench and Frances Charlotte Talbot Crosbie Anne of York Duchess of Exeter sister to Edward IV and Richard III was an ancestor of Ernest s mother 2 He was educated at Monkton Combe School and at Lausanne before studying for a Master of Arts degree from Trinity College Dublin He worked primarily as a railway engineer beginning his railway career as a pupil of E B Thornhill on the London and North Western Railway LNWR in 1893 after which he worked for the Midland Railway from 1899 and the North London Railway from January 1903 before returning to the LNWR on 1 March 1906 as assistant engineer Three years later on 1 March 1909 he was promoted to chief assistant engineer becoming chief engineer on 1 October the same year following the retirement of Thornhill the previous month At the start of 1923 he was appointed as the chief engineer of the London Midland and Scottish Railway LMS becoming the LMS consulting engineer from 1 February 1927 retiring on 1 April 1930 3 4 He became involved in the Institution of Civil Engineers as an associate member in 1897 progressing to a full membership in 1904 he was first elected to the council in 1915 and would serve on it for the next seventeen years 3 He was elected vice president of the institution in 1924 and served as its president from 1927 to 1928 5 In 1920 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services rendered in connexion with 1914 18 war and in 1931 received the Territorial Decoration for service as a volunteer Colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps 3 6 He married Netta Taylor on 3 April 1895 and fathered five sons and one daughter 1 He died in Marlborough Wiltshire on 15 September 1960 7 See also editSee also Nominative determinismReferences edit a b The Peerage biography The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval 1907 The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal The Anne of Exeter Volume London ISBN 0 8063 1433 8 a b c ICE obituary Marshall John 1978 A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers Newton Abbot David amp Charles p 217 ISBN 0 7153 7489 3 LCCN 77085011 Watson Garth 1988 The Civils London Thomas Telford Ltd p 252 ISBN 0 7277 0392 7 No 33754 The London Gazette 18 September 1931 p 6039 No 42301 The London Gazette 14 March 1961 p 1978 Professional and academic associations Preceded byFrederick Palmer President of the Institution of Civil EngineersNovember 1927 November 1928 Succeeded byBrodie Henderson nbsp This article about a civil engineering topic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernest Crosbie Trench amp oldid 1145705318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
