John David Bailie
John David Bailie (1866-1926) of C. A. Parsons and Co
1926 Obituary [1]
JOHN DAVID BAILIE was born at Hest Bank, near Lancaster, on 23rd August 1866, and received his education at the Science Schools connected with Chester College, and at the School of Telegraphy and Electrical Engineering, Princes Street, Hanover Square, London.
He served three years in the Works of Messrs. J. D. F. Andrews and Co., Woodside Works, Glasgow, electrical and ventilating engineers, as an improver, and for a further three years with the same firm he worked as outdoor superintending engineer, during which time he had a number of important contracts under his supervision, and was also concerned with the late Sir Augustus Harris in matters relating to the use of electricity on the stage.
From August 1893 up to the date of his death Mr. Bailie was with Messrs. C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd., Heaton Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for whom he acted as manager and superintending engineer in the Midland Counties, with offices at Leeds. He was in general control of the Firm's interests and work in that area and was responsible for the arrangement of and carrying out of contracts - many of them of considerable magnitude and embracing a wide range of engineering practice - mechanical, electrical, and chemical. He was one of the early advocates of the use of electricity in collieries, the application of turbo-blowers for blast-furnaces, and the employment of exhaust-steam turbines.
From December 1912 to the date of his death he acted as Hon. Secretary of the North Midland Centre of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, of which body he became an Associate Member in 1900.
Mr. Bailie died on 6th January 1926 at Calverley, near Leeds.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1901.