Cuthbert Arthur Brereton (17 September 1850 – 12 September 1910) was a civil engineer and a partner of Sir John Wolfe Barry. Together they completed numerous projects in England and Wales, the most prominent being the King Edward VII Bridge over the Thames at Kew, London. Also with Barry he had been involved with the construction of

Barry Docks Barry Docks ( cy, Dociau'r Barri) is a port facility in the town of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a few miles southwest of Cardiff on the north shore of the Bristol Channel. They were opened in 1889 by David Davies and John Cory as an alterna ...

and railways, the Middlesbrough Docks, the Surrey Commercial docks, and the great Northern, District & and Piccadilly underground lines. He had previously been resident engineer to the Llynvi and Ogmore Railways, and the Portcawl Docks and was afterwards assistant engineer on the London Inner Circle railway. He built the

Ladykirk and Norham Bridge The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed. It's one of three bridges that cross it along the Anglo-Scottish Border, the others being the Coldstream ...

over the

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. He was a lieut. colonel of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. He was elected to the Smeatonian Society in 1896 and became their president in July 1909 until his death. Born in Brinton,Abraham Brereton - Ancestry.co.uk
Retrieved 2016-11-01. Cuthbert came from a Norfolk family that produced other notable Victorian engineers R.P. Brereton (

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "one ...

's Chief Assistant) and R.M.Brereton chief engineer on the Bombay, Nagpore, and Calcutta portion of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 1867–70, and advocate in the US Congress for the building of irrigation canals in California.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brereton, Cuthbert A. English civil engineers Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1850 births 1910 deaths People from Brinton, Norfolk Engineer and Railway Staff Corps officers