Rowland Macdonald Stephenson | |
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Born | 9 June 1808 Bloomsbury, London |
Died | 20 November 1895 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Harrow |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Known for | Promoter of the East Indian Railway, author |
Title | Knighted (1856), director and deputy chairman of the East Indian Railway Company, chairman of the Pondicherry Railway Company |
Spouse(s) | Marianne Hederstedt (1840); Elizabeth Tindall (1883) |
Children | Had 12 children: Marianne Catherine Stephenson, Rowland MacDonald Stephenson, Frank Stephenson, Henry Goodwyn Stephenson, Caroline Louisa Stephenson, Harriet Agnes Latham |
Parent(s) | Rowland Stephenson and Mary Eliza Stephenson |
Relatives | Brother of Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson |
Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson (9 January 1808 – 1895) was a 19th-century British railway engineer instrumental in the establishment of the East India Railway in British India.[1]