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Robert Peel

(Born: 1865)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


1881

Census

Address: Wylam Wood House, Wylam

(Ref: RG11/5100/149/18)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
PEEL, John  44 Head Mar Colliery Manager  NBL: Gosforth
PEEL, Elizabeth  43 Wife Mar   NBL: Fawdon
PEEL, Sarah  18 Dau Unn Dress Maker  NBL: Gosforth
PEEL, Robert  16 Son Unn Mining Engineer Student  NBL: Gosforth
PEEL, Esther  13 Dau Scholar  DUR: Tyn Gosforth
PEEL, Joseph W.  11 Son Scholar  DUR: Tyn Gosforth
PEEL, John W.  8 Son Scholar  DUR: Frankland


1885

Managers Certificate

14 September 1885, Certificate Number: 2,033 (1st), District: Durham

First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)


1888

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Lumley "Sixth"   Earl of Durham


1890

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Lumley "Second"   Earl of Durham
Manager:   Lumley "Sixth"   Earl of Durham


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   New Brancepeth, No. 2   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   New Brancepeth, No. 3   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.

Membership

1896-1897, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: New Brancepeth Colliery, Durham.


1902

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   New Brancepeth, Hutton   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   New Brancepeth, No. 2   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   New Brancepeth, No. 3   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.


1909

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.


1913

Managers Certificate

22 May 1913, Certificate Number: 2,033, Inspector: J. R. R. Wilson

First Class Certificates of Competency as Manager of a Mine has been endorsed with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines by H.M. Inspectors of Mines or by the Board for Mining Examinations.


1914

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   New Brancepeth, Hutton   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   New Brancepeth, No. 2   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   New Brancepeth, No. 3   Cochrane & Co. Ltd.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1898

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