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1851 Living at Plymouth: William Glennie 53, Lieut RN half pay, with Catherine E Glennie 45, William Glennie 13, Catherine S Glennie 11, Isabella M Glennie 9, Alexander W Glennie 7, Mary E Glennie 5, Margaret G Glennie 2<ref>1851 census</ref> | 1851 Living at Plymouth: William Glennie 53, Lieut RN half pay, with Catherine E Glennie 45, William Glennie 13, Catherine S Glennie 11, Isabella M Glennie 9, Alexander W Glennie 7, Mary E Glennie 5, Margaret G Glennie 2<ref>1851 census</ref> | ||
1856 Died in Stoke Damerel<ref>BMD</ref> | 1856 Died in Stoke Damerel.<ref>BMD</ref> 'On the 20th inst., at Stoke, Lieut. William Glennie, R.N., aged 59. The deceased was a gentleman of considerable skill as an engineer, and was for many years engaged in the superintendence of the works upon the South Devon and Cornwall lines of railway, of which Mr. I. K. Brunel was the engineer in chief. ..'<ref>Royal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 27 June 1856</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 30 September 2021
William Glennie (c1758-1856)
Engineer for the Box Tunnel
c.1798 Born in Camberwell, Surrey[1]
1841 Living at Box: Wm Glennie 40, Lieut RN, civil engineer, with Elizabeth Catherine Glennie 30, Walter Henry Glennie 6, Harriott Mary Glennie 5, William Glennie 3, Catherine Sophia Glennie 1[2]
c.1845 Resident-Engineer for the South Devon Railway.
1851 Living at Plymouth: William Glennie 53, Lieut RN half pay, with Catherine E Glennie 45, William Glennie 13, Catherine S Glennie 11, Isabella M Glennie 9, Alexander W Glennie 7, Mary E Glennie 5, Margaret G Glennie 2[3]
1856 Died in Stoke Damerel.[4] 'On the 20th inst., at Stoke, Lieut. William Glennie, R.N., aged 59. The deceased was a gentleman of considerable skill as an engineer, and was for many years engaged in the superintendence of the works upon the South Devon and Cornwall lines of railway, of which Mr. I. K. Brunel was the engineer in chief. ..'[5]