Grave of Sir Arthur Charles Lucas in Highgate Cemetery

Sir Arthur Charles Lucas, 2nd Baronet (22 May 1853 – 14 June 1915) was an English

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er active 1871–81 who played for

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Birth

He was born the son of Sir Thomas Lucas, 1st Baronet in

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, whom he succeeded in 1902.

Career

He joined the British Army in the Engineering and Railway Volunteer Staff Corps,

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, transferring as a Major to the regular Engineering and Railway Staff Corps in 1908. He was also a partner in the contract engineering firms of Lucas Brothers, Lucas and Aird, and John Aird and Company, and was actively associated with many of their major contracts, notably

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railways and docks, Hull and Barnsley railway and the

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. He was additionally a director of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Company. He served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for both Middlesex and Suffolk.

Personal life

He married Agnes Jamieson, daughter of George Jamieson, on 8 November 1876. They had no children and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Sir Thomas Lucas, 4th Baronet. He died on 14 June 1915 in

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and is buried at

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References

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