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
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0001a4
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| referencedIn | Papers of Isabella Lady Couchman (nee Mclean) (c1876-c1950), 1870-1948 | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Cooper's Hill Society: papers relating to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, and the careers of some of pupils, 1872-1961 | British Library |
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| associatedWith | Couchman, Isabella, approximately 1876-approximately 1950, née McLean, wife of Sir Francis Dundas Couchman | person |
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| Simla, India | |||
| Ganges River, India | |||
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| Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| India, Asia | |||
| Zaire, Africa | |||
| Kenya, Africa | |||
| New Delhi, India | |||
| Delhi, India |
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Person
Birth 1864
Death 1948
