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Author : Alfred James Peacock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book George Hudson of York written by Alfred James Peacock and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Wells
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399057480
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book George Hudson: The Railway King written by Matthew Wells and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Hudson was the greatest British railway entrepreneur of the 19th century. In 1848, he controlled over 1,000 miles of railway and, when it came to railway promotion, it seemed he could do no wrong. However, in early 1849 it came to light that some of his business methods had been less than ethical and he was forced to relinquish the chairmanship of each of his companies. His fall from grace was spectacular and his detractors, of whom there were many, were quick to denounce him as a fraudster, a charlatan and a crook. Even today, when the name George Hudson is mentioned, these same insults are often levelled at him. This new biography takes a fresh look at Hudson’s extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings as a farmer’s boy, to becoming Lord Mayor of York before catching the railway bug. He was MP for Sunderland between 1845 and 1859. After his fall from grace, Hudson endured a 20-year court battle with the York and North Midland Railway (subsequently the North Eastern Railway) for outstanding debts. Hudson made many mistakes in creating his railway empire, but did he deserve all the vitriol that still accompanies his reputation? In seeking to answer this question, Matthew Wells looks at the evidence, including what was said about Hudson during his lifetime and what Hudson himself had to say about the actions he took.
Author : A. J. Peacock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (637 download)
Download or read book George Hudson written by A. J. Peacock and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred James Peacock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904573961
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (739 download)
Download or read book George Hudson, the Railway King written by Alfred James Peacock and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book Report of the Evidence of George Hudson, Esq., M.P. written by George Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Stanton Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Railway King 1800-1871 written by Richard Stanton Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Beaumont
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472246535
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)
Download or read book The Railway King written by Robert Beaumont and published by Headline. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Hudson - the eponymous Railway King - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting £27,000 (a fortune in 1827) from a distant relative. He invested successfully in the North Midland Railway, then formed his own Midland Railway, raising £5 million and bribing MPs along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption and selling land he did not own. He was eventually imprisoned in York Castle and died a broken man in 1871. His story provides an excellent insight into nineteenth-century politics and industrial progress, full of moral dilemmas and a testimony to the growth of the railways in Britain - a timely subject.
Author : Robert Beaumont
Publisher : Headline Review
ISBN 13 : 9780747232353
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (323 download)
Download or read book The Railway King written by Robert Beaumont and published by Headline Review. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Hudson - the eponymous Railway King - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting u27,000 (a fortune in 1827) from a distant relative. He invested succesfully in the North Midland Railway, then formed his own Midland Railway, raising u5 million and bribing MP's along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption and selling land he did not own. He was eventually imprisoned in York Castle and died a broken man in 1871."
Author : George Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Report of the Evidence of George Hudson, on the Trial of the Cause of Richardson Versus Wodson, York Summer Assizes, 1850 written by George Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. J. Peacock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (867 download)
Download or read book George Hudson and the Historians written by A. J. Peacock and published by . This book was released on with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Wells
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399057502
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book George Hudson: The Railway King written by Matthew Wells and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Hudson was the greatest British railway entrepreneur of the 19th century. In 1848, he controlled over 1,000 miles of railway and, when it came to railway promotion, it seemed he could do no wrong. However, in early 1849 it came to light that some of his business methods had been less than ethical and he was forced to relinquish the chairmanship of each of his companies. His fall from grace was spectacular and his detractors, of whom there were many, were quick to denounce him as a fraudster, a charlatan and a crook. Even today, when the name George Hudson is mentioned, these same insults are often levelled at him. This new biography takes a fresh look at Hudson’s extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings as a farmer’s boy, to becoming Lord Mayor of York before catching the railway bug. He was MP for Sunderland between 1845 and 1859. After his fall from grace, Hudson endured a 20-year court battle with the York and North Midland Railway (subsequently the North Eastern Railway) for outstanding debts. Hudson made many mistakes in creating his railway empire, but did he deserve all the vitriol that still accompanies his reputation? In seeking to answer this question, Matthew Wells looks at the evidence, including what was said about Hudson during his lifetime and what Hudson himself had to say about the actions he took.
Author : Tony Arnold
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book George Hudson written by Tony Arnold and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2004 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The Robert Maxwell of the nineteenth century * Victorian England 's greatest capitalist * Brought down by a shareholder 's question The building of the railways in Britain in the nineteenth century was the greatest ever industrial undertaking in the world to that time.Financed by private enterprise rather than the state, the schemes to build new lines were characterised both by their ambition and by their need for huge amounts of capital.The most ambitious of all of the individual entrepreneurs, and for long the most successful, was George Hudson, the 'Railway King ', whose establishment of York as the hub of an ever-growing network of lines brought him huge wealth and great fame. Already a wealthy businessman and Lord Mayor of York before the advent of the railways, Hudson seized the opportunity they presented with both hands.He became an MP, lived in style and entertained lavishly.While his early lines were profitable, later ones were not.Ever more deeply committed, at a time when accounting standards were lax, he hid inconvenient figures until brought down by a question at a shareholders 'meeting in 1849.Disgraced, he fled to the Continent, his name synonymous with fraudulent capitalism at its most brazen.This new biography is the fullest examination to date of an extraordinary and complex man and his career.
Author : George Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Report of the Evidence of George Hudson, Esq. M.P. on the Trial of the Cause of Richardson Versus Wodson, York Summer Assizes, 1850- 2nd Ed written by George Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Richardson (Solicitor)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Mysteries of Hudson's Railway Frauds Exposed. ... A Complete Report of the Recent Trial for Libel, “Richardson V. Wodson.” With ... a Biographical Sketch of G. Hudson ... Together with an Appendix, Setting Forth ... the Whole System of Railway Mismanagement and Railway Frauds written by James Richardson (Solicitor) and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George HUDSON (M.P.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Report of the Evidence of G. Hudson on the Trial of the cause of Richardson v. Woodson. Edited by a Barrister written by George HUDSON (M.P.) and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. S. Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (867 download)
Download or read book George Hudson written by R. S. Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (867 download)
Download or read book George Hudson and the Historians written by A. James and published by . This book was released on with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
