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Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906
Date transcribed | 2012-05-21 | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | Comment | Vol 1 F.W. Abbatt to RHE Hutton-Squire
At a meeting of the Coopers Hill Society in 1959 the lack of any biographical record of students admitted to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, was discussed. This register is an attempt to complete a record. It may be regarded as an appendix to ‘A Short History of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill’ by J.G.P. Cameron, C.I.E., issued by the Coopers Hill Society for private circulation in 1960.
The names of the students admitted have been taken from the calendars published annually by authority and preserved in the library of the India Office, Whitehall. The biographical details have been compiled mainly from information in the magazines mentioned on page 28 of Cameron’s History.
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| Surname | LAWTON | | Given names | Cyril | | Birth | 22 August 1882 | | Death | 4 September 1957 | | Wifes name | Survived by his widow | | Children | 1 son | | Primary Education | Epsom College | | Term at CH | 1900-03 | | Academic achievements | Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant superintendent, Telegraph Dept. | | Career | Held various executive positions in the telegraph, telephone and radio activities. Installed first automatic telephone exchange in India at Simla 1914. Chief electrician 1915-1922. Technical advisor to Indian Stores Dept. London 1922 | | Retirement | Retired 1924 | | Other | Joined Westminster firm of consulting engineers, Preece, Cardew & Rider. With the late R.W. Weightman he pioneered the tropical finish of telegraph and telephone equipment. Gained a high reputation in the development of underground cables , manual and automatic exchange equipment in tropical service. A remarkable memory and attention to detail, enabled him to become a partner in 1945 until his death | | Ref | Obit by Sir Norman Frome, Inst. Electical Engineers, who succeeded Cyril Lawton in the firm of Preece, Cardew & Rider |
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