Frederick Attock
British railway engineer with historic football links
Frederick Attock (10 February 1846 – 21 May 1902) was Carriage Superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) and the first president of Newton Heath L&YR F.C., the club that later became Manchester United F.C.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Frederick Attock (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1846, died May 21, 1902.1
Companies
- Manchester United F.C.Chair 1878 to 18925
Career
Occupation: mechanical engineer.4
- 1878 to 1892Chair, Manchester United F.C.3
Personal life
Family
Attock's son, Frederick William Attock, also worked at the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and rose to become Outside Locomotive Superintendent in 1912. Grandson Martin Oldacres Attock was born in 1909 to George Henry and went on to have a career with English Electric including commissioning British Rail Class D3/6, Ceylon Government Railway Class S1 and British Rail Class D16/1 amongst many other projects.
From Wikipedia’s article on Frederick Attock (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
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- 1WikidataFrederick Attock on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFrederick Attock on Wikipedia
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- 5WikidataManchester United F.C., Chair