Percy Arthur Rupert Leith (c1889-1954)
Chief Engineer at Smith's Dock Co
Chief Engineer at Tees Conservancy Commission
1939 M.Inst.C.E. Chief Engr., Tees Conservancy Commission, Middlesbrough. Private Address: 6 Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Career: Educ.: Robert Gordon's Coll., Aberdeen. 1905-11, Pupil of R. Gordon Nicol, M.Inst.C.E., Harbour Engr., Aberdeen; 1911-13, Contractors' Engr. on Tyneside; 1913-14, Eng. Asst., Admiralty, Rosyth Dockyard and at Cromarty Firth; 1914-26, Civil Engr. to Smith's Dock Co., Ltd., North and South Shields; 1926, appointed to present position.