Couchman, Francis Dundas, Sir, 1864-1948, Knight, railway official in India

1886 Assistant Engineer, Indian State Railways; 1887-1889 Railway Survey on Northwest Frontier and Bengal; 1889-1895 railway work in Baluchistan and Sind; 1896-1899 construction of Godaveri Bridge, East Coast Railway; 1899-1900 Government Inspector of Railways, Bombay and Calcutta; 1901-1905 Under-Secretary for Railways, Government of India; 1906-1908 Government Inspector, Consulting Engineer and Secretary for Railways to the Government, Burma; 1909-1912 Chief Engineer, Burma Railways; 1913-1915 Agent and General Manager, Burma Railways; 1915-1920 Member of Indian Railway Board; 1919-1920 President of Stores Purchase Committee; 1921-1926 Railway Adviser to Jodhpur Durbar; 1927–1941 Director, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.

Epithet: railway official in India

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