Raymond Charles Pyramus de Candolle | |
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 Major-General Raymond de Candolle in 1917 | |
| Born | Geneva 1864 |
| Died | London 1935 |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and Major-General of the British Army |
| Spouse | Beatrix Chapman |
| Father | Casimir de Candolle |
| Relatives | Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle (brother) |
Raymond Charles Pyramus de Candolle (1864–1935) was a railway engineer and a Major General for the British Army. After graduating in engineering at Cambridge University in 1886, he joined James Livesey & Son (railway engineering contractors)[1] and undertook railway building assignments in Mexico, Spain, China and Argentina, where he became Director of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railways (BAGS) in 1907.[2] During the First World War he was recruited as Brigadier-General and was sent to Romania, Russia and Anatolia on a series of railway-related missions. Later, he was sent to Russia again in 1917 to sort out the Trans-Siberian Railway.[2] Raymond was promoted to Major-General and Director General of Mesopotamian Transportation in 1918. He was one of the British representatives at the Paris peace conference in 1919.[2]
- ^ "James Livesey & Son, railway engineering contractors". The National Archives. Retrieved 2024-05-03 – via The Discovery Service.
- ^ a b c Bieler, Philippe (2020). Great War Special Agent Raymond de Candolle. United Kingdom: Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1-78155-797-6.