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Henry Walker, Sir, C.B.E., LL.D.
(Born: 1873)
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.
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| 14 Oct 1906 | — | Attendance at the Wingate Grange disaster inquiry |
| 16 Feb 1909 | — | Attendance at the West Stanley disaster inquiry |
| 24 Feb 1923 | — | Involved with the Medomsley shaft accident inquiry |
| 02 Apr 1925 | — | Newspaper article (The Flooded Mine) |
| 12 Feb 1928 | — | Attendance at the Haig disaster inquiry |
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Census
Address: Hawthorn House, Marske In Guisbrough
(Ref: RG11/4840/82/30)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| WALKER, William | 38 | Head | Mar | Mining Engineer | DUR: South Shields |
| WALKER, Margaret A. | 39 | Wife | Mar | DUR: South Shields | |
| WALKER, William | 17 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Castle Eden | |
| WALKER, Margaret | 14 | Dau | Scholar | WLS: Tondu | |
| WALKER, Mary | 10 | Dau | Scholar | YKS: Cragg Hall | |
| WALKER, Henry | 8 | Son | Scholar | YKS: Saltburn | |
| WALKER, Maud | 5 | Dau | Scholar | YKS: Saltburn | |
| WALKER, Mabel | 3 | Dau | YKS: Saltburn | ||
| RICHARD, Christie | 20 | Servant | Unn | General Servant | CON: Miltpool |
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Membership
1919-1920, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: H.M. Divisional Inspector of Mines, 2, Kinnear Road, Edinburgh.
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Biographical Notes
Walker, Henry Born March, 1873; son of the late William Walker of Hinderwell, Yorkshire. Educated Durham School. Appointed Assistant Inspector of Mines, 1902. Promoted Senior Inspector, 1910, Divisional Inspector. 1915, Deputy Chief Inspector, 1920. Created C.B.E., 1920.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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Biographical Notes
Walker, Sir Henry, C.B.E., LL.D. Born in March, 1873; son of the late William Walker, of Hinderwell, Yorkshire. Educated at Durham School. Chief Inspector of Mines, in succession to Sir Thos. Mottram, C.B.E. appointed Assistant Inspector of Mines, 1902; promoted Senior Inspector, 1910; Divisional Inspector, 1915; Deputy Chief Inspector, 1920; created C.B.E., 1920; knighted, 1928 ; LL.D. Leeds, 1930. Address: Mines Department, Dean Stanley Street Westminster, S.W.1.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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Biographical Notes
Walker, Sir Henry, C.B.E., LL.D. Born in March. 1873; son of the late William Walker, of Hinderwell, Yorkshire. Educated at Durham School Chief Inspector of Mines, 1924-38, in succession to Sir Thos. Mottram C.B.E.; appointed Assistant Inspector of Mines, 1902; promoted Senior Inspector, 1910; Divisional Inspector, 1915 Deputy Chief Inspector 1920; created C.B.E., 1920; knighted, 1928; LL.D. Leeds, 1930 Address: Longridge, Bardenshot Hill, Worplesdon, Surrey.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 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.
- Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
