H. R. Fox

Harold Robert Leslie Fox CBE (born 17 November 1889) was the General Manager of the Jamaica Government Railway at the time of its centenary in 1945.[1]

H. R. Fox
Born
Harold Robert Leslie Fox
Died
Jamaica
EducationBSc[1]
Known forGeneral Manager of the Jamaica Government Railway at its centenary in 1945[1]

Fox was the son of Edith Blounts and Isaac Fox of Halse Hall, Jamaica.[2] He went to school at Epsom College in England then studied Mining and Civil Engineering at MIT, graduating BSc in 1912.[3] After graduating he worked on railways in Canada and the West Indies. He served in the First World War in France with the Royal Engineers reaching the rank of captain.[3]

Fox was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[1] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1946 New Year Honours.[4]

Publications

  • The Jamaica Railway 1845–1945, H R Fox, The Railway Magazine Volume 91 Number 560, Pages 313–317, November and December 1945.

References

  1. The Jamaica Railway 1845-1945, H R Fox (General Manager, Jamaica Government Railway), The Railway Magazine Volume 91 Number 560 November and December 1945, pages 313-317.
  2. "Isaac Fox 1850 - 1924". www.foxfamilyhistory.com.au. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. "TECHNOLOGY MEN IN ACTION". MIT Technology Review. 42 (3): XIX. January 1940.
  4. "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 1 January 1946. p. 62.


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