Charles John Owens, Vanity Fair, 1903-03-19

Sir Charles John Owens, CB (26 September 1845 – 17 January 1933) was a British railway manager. Entering the service of the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

when he was 17, he rose to be its general manager from 1898 to 1912, and a director from 1912 to 1923. From 1923 to 1930 he was a director of the Southern Railway. Owens was a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the City of London, a member of the Royal Commission on Imperial Free Trade, and the chairman of the

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. Owens was

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on 18 December 1902, and appointed a Companion of the

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(CB) in 1917.

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* London and South Western Railway people Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of the Bath Southern Railway (UK) people 1845 births 1933 deaths {{rail-transport-bio-stub