Major-General Charles Scrope Hutchinson (8 August 1826 – 29 February 1912) was Chief Inspecting Officer for Railways from 1892 to 1895.

Family

Hutchinson was born in

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, son of Scrope Hutchinson, M.D. He was educated at

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from 1839 to 1841. He was married on 6 January 1852 in Gibraltar to Christina Ross, youngest daughter of William Ross of Gibraltar. The children from this marriage included: *Christina Hutchinson *Anne Eliza Hutchinson (7 December 1853 – June 1939) * William Charles Hutchinson (1855–1880) *Mary Isabel Hutchinson

Career

He obtained a commission in the

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in 1843, and became a colonel in 1876, and retired in the same year with the honorary rank of Major General. From 1867 he was Inspector of Railways for the

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and was appointed Chief Inspecting Officer in 1892. During his time with the

he inspected the

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and

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. Major-General Hutchinson was elected an Associate of the

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on 3 March 1874. He was made a Companion of the

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in 1890.London Gazette, 21 May 1890 He died at

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in 1912. A memorial plaque was erected in St James' Church, Kidbrooke.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Charles Scrope People educated at University College School Royal Engineers officers Companions of the Order of the Bath People from Hythe, Kent 1826 births 1912 deaths British railway inspectors British Army major generals