Charles Warren Roberts
Charles Warren Roberts (1852-1897)
1897 Obituary [1]
CHARLES WARREN ROBERTS, born on the 13th July, 1852, was the son of Mr. H. Beaver Roberts, solicitor, of Bangor.
In September, 1871, he was articled to the late Mr. C. E. Spooner, the Engineer of the Festiniog Railway, under whom he was engaged in surveying and laying out the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway.
After the expiration of his pupilage, he managed a slate quarry in Carnarvonshire belonging to his father, and was subsequently employed in constructing railways at various quarries in Wales and Cumberland.
At the end of 1880 he proceeded to Brazil, and was for some years in the service of the Donna Theresa Christina Railway Company.
Mr. Roberts returned home in 1887, having been offered by Messrs. J. W. Greaves and Sons the management of their extensive slate-mines at Festiniog. He soon made for himself a reputation as a most able manager, and became known as an authority on the working of slate-mines.
Mr. Roberts died at his residence, Plas Weunydd, Blaenau Festiniog, on the 11th May, 1897.
He was elected an Associate Member on the 31st May, 1881.