Alexander Forbes

1834 – 1880

Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company:

  • Alexander Phorbes was appointed Secretary at the second Board meeting, on 17th April 1863.

 

Life Highlights:

  • Born on 31st October 1834 at Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, Kent, of James Staats & Ann Forbes.
  • Baptised on 30th November 1834 at St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent.
  • Married Alice Susan Adam on 6th August 1864 at St Mary, Staines, Surrey: Gentleman, of Islington.
  • Died at midnight on 24th January 1880, from pneumonia, at 1 Kent Gardens, Ealing, Middlesex.
  • Will proved on 17th March 1880: effects under £7,000.
  • (Wife died on 17th August 1903: probate 28th November 1903: £4,243.10.10.)
  • He was Company Secretary of:
  1. The Watford & Rickmasworth Railway Company.
  2. The Uxbridge & Rickmasworth Railway Company.
  3. The Rickmasworth, Amersham & Chesham Railway Company.
  4. The Hatfield & St Albans Railway Company (1863).
  5. The Nowgong Tea Company of Assam (Limited) (c1865).
  6. The Chubwa Tea Company of Assam (Limited) (c1865).
  7. The Great Northern Railway Company (c1870-1880).
  8. The Royston & Hitchin Railway Company (c1873).
  9. The Great Eastern & Great Northern Joint Lines (c1880)

Homes included:

  • 3 Kent Gardens, Ealing, Middlesex.
  • Ditchwater Lane, Woolwich, Kent.
  • 18 Hemmingford Lane, Islington, Middlesex.
  • Castle Hill, Ealing, Middlesex (Electoral Register, 1871-9).
  • 1 Kent Gardens, Ealing, Middlesex.

He, his parents, 1 sister and 3 brothers are at Ditchwater Lane, Woolwich, Kent, in the 1841 census.

He, his mother, 1 sister, 1 brother and 1 servant are at 18 Hemmingford Lane, Islington, in the 1851 census: Railway Clerk.

He, his wife, 2 daughters, 1 son and 2 servants are at 3 Kent Gardens, Ealing, Middlesex, in the 1871 census: Railway secretary.

 

Information gathered from:

  • The Hatfield & St Albans Railway Company Minute Book.
  • Census returns.
  • Wills Index.
  • The Times Digital Archive.
  • Parish Registers.
  • Electoral registers.

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