Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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James Thomas Walker

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General James Thomas Walker (1826-1896) C.B., R.E., FRS[1]

1826 Born in India

1871 Living in Kensington, Colonel Royal Engineers, with his wife and family[2]

1878-83 Surveyor-General of India

1885 Addressed the Royal United Services Institution on "The Afghan Frontier"[3]

1885 Nominated to the Council of the Royal Society[4]

1894 Member of the organising committee of the 6th International Geographical Congress.

1896 Died in Kensington aged 69; buried in Brompton Cemetery[5]

1911 Death of his widow, Alicia Mary (nee Scott)[6]


See Also

Sources of Information

  1. The Times Feb. 22, 1894
  2. 1871 census
  3. The Times Feb. 28, 1885
  4. The Times Nov. 6, 1885
  5. Burial records
  6. The Times Aug. 7, 1911
  • Dictionary of National Biography