Henry James Cornish
Henry James Cornish (1857-1907)
1907 Obituary [1]
Lieut. HENRY JAMES CORNISH, R.E., was born on 20th November 1857, and was educated at St. Leonard's College and at St. Stephen's School, Westminster.
He served an apprenticeship from 1871 to 1875 at Messrs. Hathorn Davey and Co.'s Works, Leeds, and on its completion remained as a draughtsman until 1884. During a portion of this period he attended the classes at the Leeds Mechanics' Institution.
In 1884 he joined the Royal Engineers, and was employed on various works.
From 1886 to 1894 he was instructor in advanced engine classes at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, and then proceeded to Malta where he was in charge for two years of the engineering workshops and machinery.
He was next appointed Inspector of Machinery, Steel and Ironwork for the War Office, which included inspection of material in Holland and Germany.
After acting seven years in this capacity he proceeded to Gibraltar in 1903, and had charge of the erection and working of two sets of refrigerating plant.
His death took place at Gibraltar in February 1907, at the age of forty-nine.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1904.