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Guy Granet

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Sir William Guy Granet, GBE (13 October 1867 – 11 October 1943) trained as a barrister but became a noted railway administrator, first as general manager of the Midland Railway then as a director-general in the War Office. [1]

22 relations: Balliol College, Oxford, Barrister, Cecil Paget, Charles Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate, Denis Mackail, Genoa, Gloucestershire, Italy, Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Knight Bachelor, Lincoln's Inn, List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Midland Railway, Order of the British Empire, Railway Companies' Association, Richard Deeley, Rugby School, Stroud, War Office, William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby, World War I.

Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, founded in 1263,: Graduate Studies Prospectus - Last updated 17 Sep 08 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Cecil Paget

Sir Cecil Walter Paget (19 October 1874 – 9 December 1936),Who was who, 1941 was a British locomotive engineer and railway administrator.

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Charles Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate

Charles Napier Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate (27 May 1855 – 17 December 1927), styled The Honourable Charles Lawrence between 1869 and 1923, was a British businessman and railway executive.

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Denis Mackail

Denis George Mackail (3 June 1892 – 4 August 1971) was an English novelist and short-story writer.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp

Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, (21 June 1880 – 16 April 1941) was an English industrialist, economist, civil servant, statistician, writer, and banker.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping

Under the Railways Act 1921 the majority of the railway companies in Great Britain (along with a few in Northern Ireland) were grouped into four main companies, often termed the Big Four.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Railway Companies' Association

The Railway Companies' Association was a co-ordinating body for British railway companies from 1867 until nationalisation in 1948.

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Richard Deeley

Richard Mountford Deeley (24 October 1855 – 19 June 1944) was a British engineer, chiefly noted for his five years as Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a day and boarding co-educational independent school in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Stroud

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Gloucestershire, England.

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War Office

The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.

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William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby

William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby PC, KC (29 August 1835 – 6 November 1909) was a British lawyer and Liberal politician.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Granet

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