Charles Alexander Saunders

1796 - 1864


Biography

Mauritius merchant, bankrupt in 1832 but re-inventing himself as the Secretary of the Great Western Railway from 1833-1863. The decision to hire him was 'perhaps the most important of all in the history of the Great Western Railway...[he] proved more influential than any other in making the Great Western Railway a success.'


Sources

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Alexander_Saunders [accessed 03/06/2017]; Andrew Roden, Great Western Railway: A History.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Secretary
 

Relationships (1)

Brothers
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Also business partners until their bankruptcy in...

Addresses (1)

The Lodge, Westbourne Park, London, Middlesex, London, England