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John Edward Errington
John Edward Errington (29 December 1806 – 4 July 1862) was an English civil engineer, particularly noted for his work on railway construction in the United Kingdom.
Biography.
Errington, eldest son of Captain John Errington and Harriet – of the gentry branch of Walwick Grange, Northumberland -, was born at Hull on 29 December 1804. At an early age he was placed with an engineer officer then conducting extensive public works in Ireland. After a time he became assistant to Mr. Padley in the
1849–8 February 1854 Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain
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- Jan 1866 – Mar 1869 Colonel Henry Errington Longden
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