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George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844.
George Hudson (born March 1800, York, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Dec. 14, 1871, London) was an English financier, known as the “railway king,” whose enterprise made York a major railway and commercial hub.
1 de jun. de 2006 · By the end of 1849 Hudson had been forced to resign all his railway chairmanships. Much of his later life was spent in disgrace and relative obscurity (partly in France), fighting claims for misappropriated funds, one of his main litigants being his arch enemy the North Eastern Railway.
- Derek H Aldcroft
- 2006
George Hudson is the man York has to thank for its prominent role in the railways. Born in Howsham, about 12 miles north-east of York, he was the fifth son of a farmer. On leaving school in 185 he was apprenticed to a firm of drapers in York.
George Hudson (1800 – 1871), know as "The Railway King", was a railway financier and politician from York, who controlled a significant proportion of the railway network in the 1840s and was instrumental in a number of mergers of railway companies and the linking London to Edinburgh by rail.
28 de out. de 2019 · George Hudson was a Victorian draper who invested in railways and became a powerful figure in the industry. He also owned several estates in Yorkshire, but faced financial ruin and scandal after being accused of fraud.
Overview. George Hudson. (1800—1871) railway promoter and fraudster. Quick Reference. (1800–71). Born near York and apprenticed to a linen draper, Hudson became a prominent York merchant. Inheriting £30,000 from a relative in 1828, he entered local politics and the developing ... From: Hudson, George in The Oxford Companion to British History »
