Charles Castleman
From Graces Guide
Charles Castleman (1807–1876) was an English solicitor, railway planner, justice of the peace and prison inspector
1844 Conceived of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and approached the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) with the idea. Fully operational by June 1847, the route was a success and (due to its circuitous pattern) is widely known as Castleman's Corkscrew, and remembered today in the Castleman Trailway.
He was appointed director of the LSWR in 1855, then deputy chairman in 1859, and finally chairman in 1872.
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