Major Charles Lomax

1850 – 1916

Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company:

  • M.C. Lomax was appointed Secretary at the Board meeting of 29th July 1880, in place of the late Alexander Forbes, whom he had assisted.
  • He signed newspaper notices as Major C. Lomax.

 

Life Highlights:

  • Born in 1850, in Hackney, Middlesex, of Joseph S. and Juliet Lomax.
  • Married Mary Jane Armson, at Hackney, London, in 1876.
  • Died on 19th November 1916.
  • Probate to Mary Jane Lomax, widow, on 2nd December 1916, at Lewes: effects £281.10.4.
  • He was Company Secretary of:
  • The Hatfield & St Albans Railway Company (1880-4).
  • He was assistant Secretary of:
  1. The great Northern Railway Company (1902).

 

Homes included:

  • 11 Sussex Place, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
  • 20 Park Road, Hackney, Middlesex.
  • 162 Albion Road, South Hornsey, Middlesex.
  • 27 Clissold Road, Stoke Newington, London (1891 census, 1891-5 Electoral Registers).
  • 23 Clissold Road, Stoke Newington, London (1897-8 Electoral Register).
  • 135 Green Lanes, Islington.
  • Richmond Villa, Somerset Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire.
  • 27 Sackville Gardens, Hove, Sussex (at time of death).

He, his parents and 1 half-brother are at 11 Sussex Place, Shoreditch, Middlesex, in the 1851 census (recorded as Charles U. Lomax).

He, his parents, 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 half-brother and 3 others are at 20 Park Road, Hackney, Middlesex, in the 1861 census.

He, his parents and 1 sister are at 20 Park Road, Hackney, Middlesex, in the 1871 census: Clerk.

He, his wife, 1 daughter and 1 servant are at 162 Albion Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, in the 1881 census: Railway Secretary.

He, his wife, 1 daughter, 2 sons and 2 servants are at 27 Clissold Road, Stoke Newington, London, in the 1891 census: Railway secretary.

He, his wife, 1 daughter, 1 son and 1 servant are at Richmond Villa, Somerset Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, in the 1911 census: he is Asst Secretary, G N Ry Co.

 

Information gathered from:

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

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