Anthony George Lyster (1852 – 17 March 1920) was born in
Hollyhead,
Wales
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. He was engineer-in-chief to the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB), owns and administers the dock facilities of the Port of Liverpool, on the River Mersey, England. These include the operation of the enclosed north ...
from 1897, when he succeeded his father,
George Fosbery Lyster
George Fosbery Lyster FRSE (1821–1899) succeeded John Hartley as Engineer in Chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. He is usually referred to as G. F. Lyster.
Life
He was born on 7 September 1821 at Mount Talbot in County Roscommon in ...
, until his retirement in 1913, when he was honoured with the presidency of the
Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...
.
[Address of Anthony George Lyster, M.Eng., President of Institution of Civil Engineers, 4 November 1913]
Among his work is
Brunswick Entrance Locks, opened 1905,
Vittoria Dock
Vittoria Dock is a dock in Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England. It was built between 1904 and 1908, from land reclaimed during the construction of the Great Float.
History
The dock was designed by Anthony George Lyster. Construction began i ...
, opened 1909, and
Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse. The latter was the largest warehouse in the world when built, and extends along the whole of the south front of Stanley Dock. The last dock Lyster built was the Graving Dock at
Gladstone Dock
Gladstone Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. The dock is connected to Seaforth Dock to the north and what remains of Hornby Dock to the south. P ...
.
He married on 3 December 1892 Frances Laura Arabella, former wife of the explorer and author
Harry de Windt
Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt (9 April 1856, Paris - 30 November 1933, Bournemouth) was the aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (Harry's sister Margaret was Brooke's wife), and is best known as an explore ...
, and sister of the 1st
Viscount Long
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Viscount Long, of Wraxall in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1921 for the Conservative politician Walter Long, who had previously served as Member of Parliament, Presiden ...
of Wraxall. There were no children from the union. Lyster died at 10 Gloucester Gate,
Regent's Park
Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. It occupies of high ground in north-west Inner London, administratively split between the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden (and historically betwee ...
, London, on 17 March 1920, and was buried at Braden Lane, near
High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, south-southeast of Ayl ...
,
Buckinghamshire
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. His estate was left in trust for a nephew, subject to the life interest of his widow.
References
External links
Port Cities: – Anthony George Lyster, dock engineer (1852-1920)at www.mersey-gateway.org
British civil engineers
1852 births
1920 deaths
Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Harbour engineers
19th-century British engineers
20th-century British engineers
English civil engineers
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