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Richard Augustine Studdart Redmayne, Sir, K.C.B.
(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.
Links to other pages on this site
| 16 Feb 1909 | — | Investigation into the West Stanley disaster |
| 11 May 1910 | — | Investigation into the Wellington Pit disaster |
| 16 May 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster) |
| 19 Oct 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 16 Nov 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 17 Nov 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 18 Nov 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 19 Nov 1910 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 17 Feb 1911 | — | Newspaper article (The Whitehaven Pit Disaster) |
| 27 Oct 1912 | — | Investigation into the Auckland Park Explosion |
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Census
Address: South Dene, Gateshead
(Ref: RG11/5041/113/2)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| REDMAYNE, John Marriner | 50 | Head | Mar | Alkali Maker & Employ 593 Men & 109 Boys | MDX: Kentish Town |
| REDMAYNE, Jane Anna F. | 48 | Wife | Mar | IRE | |
| REDMAYNE, John F. G. S. | 21 | Son | Unn | Student In Law | IRE |
| REDMAYNE, Robert Norman | 20 | Son | Unn | Manufacturing Chemist | NBL: Tynemouth |
| REDMAYNE, Annie Geraldine | 17 | Dau | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Gateshead |
| REDMAYNE, Richard A. | 15 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Gateshead |
| REDMAYNE, Jane Ellen | 12 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Gateshead | |
| REDMAYNE, William De. C. | 14 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Gateshead |
| REDMAYNE, Kathleen W. | 10 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Gateshead |
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Managers Certificate
28 October 1887, Certificate Number: 2,306 (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.)
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Under Manager: | Elemore | Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. |
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Student; Address: Hetton Collieries, near Fence Houses; Elected: 13 Dec 1884
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Membership
1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Manager Walmsley Collieries, Limited, near Newcastle, Natal, South Africa.
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Seaton Delaval "C", "D", "E", "F" | Seaton Delaval Coal Co. |
| Manager: | Seaton Delaval "Forster" | Seaton Delaval Coal Co. |
| Manager: | Seaton Delaval "Hastings" | Seaton Delaval Coal Co. |
| Manager: | Seaton Delaval "Relief" | Seaton Delaval Coal Co. |
Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Seaton Delaval Colliery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Membership
1900-1901, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member
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Census
Address: Colliery Yard, Seaton Delaval
(Ref: RG11/4809/137/22)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| REDMAYNE, Richard A. S. | 35 | Head | Mar | Colliery Manager | DUR: Low Fell |
| REDMAYNE, Edith R. | 34 | Wife | Mar | GLA: Swansea | |
| REDMAYNE, Millicent P. S. | 9m | Dau | Scholar | NBL: Newcastle-on-Tyne | |
| SIMPSON, Elizabeth A. | 23 | Serv | Unn | Nurse | NBL: Cramlington |
| BRODIE, Jessie | 40 | Serv | Unn | Cook | SCT |
Membership
1901-1902, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member
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Membership
1902-1903, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: The University, Birmingham
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Periodicals
Contributed to discussion on paper published in the Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers: "Tapping Drowned Workings at Wheatley Hill Colliery"
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Membership
1909-1910, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: Chief Inspector of Mines, Home Office, Whitehall, London. S.W.
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H.M. Inspectors of Mines
Chief Inspector of Mines, Headquarters, Address: Home Office, Whitehall, London
Source: 1914 Colliery Manager's Pocket Book, published by The Colliery Guardian
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Membership
1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: K.C.B., Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, 2, Queen Anne's Gate Buildings, Westminster, London, S.W. 1.
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Biographical Notes
Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdart, K.C.B. Born Gateshead-on-Tyne, July 22, 1865. H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines. During the war served as head of production department of control of coal mines, and technical adviser to the Controller of coal mines. Chairman of Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau; Member of Committee appointed to inquire into the probable economic effect of a limit of 8 hours to the working of coal mines; Chairman of Coal Mining Organisation Committee; a member of Coal Conservation Committee and Coal Exports Committee of Board of Trade; Vice-Chairman of Coal and Coke supplies Committee and a member of Fuel Research Board. Author of several standard works on Coal Mining.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Managing Director: | Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd. | 32 Victoria Street, S.W.1 |
| Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory | ||
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Biographical Notes
Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdert, K.C.B., M.I.C.E., F.G.S. Consulting Mining Engineer. Chevalier Legion of Honour. Companion Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Born at Gateshead-on-Tyne, July 22, 1865. During the war served as head of Production Department of Control of Coal Mines, and technical adviser to the Controller of Coal Mines. Chairman, Advisory Council on Minerals to Imperial Institute. A Governor of the Imperial Institute. Chairman of the late Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau late Director (temporarily), Imperial Institute. Appointed, 1921, member of Committee set up to inquire into the probable economic effect of a limit of eight hours to the working of coal mines ; member of Royal Commissions on Metalliferous Mines and Quarries, and on Exhibitions; member of a number of Departmental Committees relative to mining, including Chairman of Coal Mining Organisation Committee; Chief Adviser to Coal Controller, 1916-1920, and Head of Production Branch; a member of Coal Conservation Committee and Coal Exports Committee; Vice-Chairman of Coal and Coke Supplies Committee; and lately a member of Fuel Research Board. H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines, 1908-1920. Chairman, Board for Mining Examinations. Member of Safety in Mines Research Board. Author of several standard works on Coal Mining, including "The British Coal Mining Industry During the War" and "Modern Practice in Mining." Director, Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd., and the Berry Hill Collieries. Ltd. Private Address: 34, Victoria Street, S.W., and The Grove, Great Baddow, Essex.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Chairman: | Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd. | 34 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1 |
| Managing Director: | Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd. | 34 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1 |
| Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory | ||
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Biographical Notes
Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdert, K.C.B., M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.M.M., M.I.M.E., F.G.S. Consulting Mining Engineer. Chevalier Legion of Honour. Companion Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Born at Gateshead-on-Tyne, July 22, 1865. Late Chairman, Advisory Council on Minerals to Imperial Institute. Chairman Governor of the late Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau ; late Director (temporarily), Imperial Institute. Appointed, 1907, member of Committee set up to inquire into the probable economic effect of a limit of eight hours to the working of coal mines; member of Royal Commissions on Metalliferous Mines and Quarries, and on Exhibitions; Royal Commission on Coal Mining Industry, 1919; member of a number of Departmental Committees relative to mining, including Chairman of Coal Mining Organisation Committee, 1915-1917. Chief Adviser to Coal Controller, 1916-1920, and Head of Production Branch; a member of Coal Conservation Committee and Coal Exports Committee; Vice-Chairman of Coal and Coke Supplies Committee; hon. member of Fuel Research Board. H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines, 1908-1920. Chairman, Board for Mining Examinations. Late member of Safety in Mines Research Board. Independent Chairman, Road Haulage Wages Board of England, Wales and Scotland. Author of several standard works on Coal Mining, including "The British Coal Mining Industry During the War" and "Modern Practice in Mining" (five volumes). Director of the Berry Hill Collieries Ltd., and of Berry Hill Brickworks Ltd., New Mells Colliery Ltd., and of several other companies. Office Address: 34, Victoria Street, S.W. Private Address: The Grove, Great Baddow, Essex.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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Biographical Notes
Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdert, K.C.B., M.Inst.C.E. (Past President), M.Inst.M.M. (Past President), M.I.M.E., F.G.S. Consulting Mining Engineer. Chevalier Legion of Honour. Companion Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Born at Gateshead-on-Tyne, July 22, 1865. Late H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines. Late Chairman, Advisory Council on Minerals to Imperial institute. Chairman Governor of the late Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau ; late Director (temporarily), Imperial Institute. Chairman since 1942 of Essex Agricultural Wages Committee. Author of several standard works on Coal Mining, including "The British Coal Mining Industry During the War," Modern Practice in Mining" (five volumes). "Men, Mines and Memories" (1942) and "The Problem of the Coal Mines, 1944." Director of the Berry Hill Collieries Ltd., and of Berry Hill Brickworks Ltd., New Mells Colliery Co. Ltd., and of several other companies. Office Address: 32, Victoria Street, S.W. Private Address: The Grove, Great Baddow, Essex.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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Biographical Notes
Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdert, K.C.B., M.Inst.C.E. (Past President), M.Inst.M.M. (Past President), M.I.M.E., F.G.S. Consulting Mining Engineer. Chevalier Legion of Honour. Companion Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Born at Gateshead-on-Tyne, July 22, 1865. Late H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines. Late Chairman, Advisory Council on Minerals to Imperial Institute. Chairman Governor of the late Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau ; late Director (temporarily), Imperial Institute. Chairman since 1942 of Essex Agricultural Wages Committee. Author of several standard works on Coal Mining. Director of the Berry Hill Collieries, Ltd., and of Berry Hill Brickworks Ltd., New Mells Colliery Co., Ltd., Office and Private Address: Frettons, Danbury, Essex.
Source: 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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- 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
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- 1914 Colliery Manager's Pocket Book, published by The Colliery Guardian
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XX published in 1902
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXII published in 1903
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXV published in 1904
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIX published in 1910
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889
