Walter Montgomerie Neilson
Scottish locomotive engineer and manufacturer (1819-1889)1
Walter Montgomerie Neilson (28 November 1819 – 8 July 1889) was a Scottish locomotive and marine engineer and manufacturer. He was born in Glasgow, the son of James Beaumont Neilson, inventor of the hot blast furnace.2
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Born Nov 28, 1819, died Jul 8, 1889.1
About
Walter was trained as an engineer in the Oakbank Foundry run by his uncle John Neilson. He also worked in the St Rollox Engine Works in Glasgow. He was a President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Outside his professional career, he was involved in local politics, the military, and Freemasonry.
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Companies
- Clyde Locomotive CompanyFounder8
Career
Occupation: engineer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Clyde Locomotive Company3
Personal life
- BornNov 28, 1819, Glasgow5
- DiedJul 8, 1889, Florence6
- CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland7
Walter married Janet Ellen Henderson on 14 March 1867, at the British Consulate in Livorno, Italy; Janet came from a Scottish family long associated with trading from the Tuscany region. They had two children, Elena Marion Montgomerie Neilson born in 1876 and Walter Montgomerie Neilson in 1877.
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