Louis Samuel Moss (1841-1903)
Born at Chester the son of John Moss, a Warfinger.
1865 Went to India
1873 Married at Madras to Charlotte Caroline Markham
1902 March. Retired from the Madras Railway.[1]
1903 Died. 'We regret to have to announce the death - at the age of sixty-two - of Mr. Louis S. Moss, C.I.E., who was so long and honourably associated with the Madras Railway Company. Mr. Moss's connection with India dates back to a very long period. He first went out as the representative of the old Indian Carrying Company in 1865, but shortly afterwards severed his connection with that undertaking to take up an important position in the traffic department of the Madras Railway Company, where his marked ability and devotion to duty quickly attracted the attention of the board of directors, and he rose step by step in their service until be ultimately reached the highest position which they could bestow upon him— viz., that of their agent and manager in India, the position being virtually that of chief administrator of the whole of their Indian affairs. Failing health compelled him to retire about the end of 1901 from the strain and worry of official life, and after a brief sojourn in Devonshire, he ultimately settled in Jersey, where he died at his residence at Bonley Bay Lodge, on the 30th ultimo - the cause of death being "Carcinoma of Liver," from which he had been suffering ever since he came home. His funeral took place on 1st instant, and he was interred in the village churchyard at Trinity. Mr. Moss was deservedly held in high esteem by the chairman and board of directors of the Madras Railway Company, and he was very much liked by all his brother officers. Mr. Moses long residence in Madras, and well-known business qualities caused his services to be much in demand in connection with matters outside of the railway, and be held several important public positions, such as President of the Madras Club, Member of the Chamber of Commerce, member of the Harbour Trust, and many other public appointments: He was also Hon. Colonel of the Madras Railway Volunteer Regiment, and for his services in India. His Majesty King Edward VII. conferred upon him in November, the Order of Companion of the Indian Empire.'[2]