Rowland Macdonald Stephenson | |
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| Born | 9 June 1808 Bloomsbury, London |
| Died | 20 November 1895 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Harrow |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Known for | Promoter of the East Indian Railway, author |
| Title | Knighted (1856), director and deputy chairman of the East Indian Railway Company, chairman of the Pondicherry Railway Company |
| Spouse(s) | Marianne Hederstedt (1840); Elizabeth Tindall (1883) |
| Children | Had 12 children: Marianne Catherine Stephenson, Rowland MacDonald Stephenson, Frank Stephenson, Henry Goodwyn Stephenson, Caroline Louisa Stephenson, Harriet Agnes Latham |
| Parent(s) | Rowland Stephenson and Mary Eliza Stephenson |
| Relatives | Brother of Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson |
Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson (9 January 1808 – 1895) was a 19th-century British railway engineer instrumental in the establishment of the East India Railway in British India.[1]
- ^ "Obituary. Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, 1836-1895". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 123 (1896): 451–462. 1896. doi:10.1680/imotp.1896.19689.