^The Railway King^
10 March 1800 - 14 December 1871
Chairman York and North Midland Railway
Owner Leeds and Selby Railway
Newcastle and Darlington Railway
Midland Counties Railway
Birmingham and Derby Railway
Midland Railway
York and Scarborough Railway
Birmingham and Bristol Railway
Hull and Selby Railway
Great North of England Railway
Eastern Counties Railway
Leeds and Bradford Railway
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Manchester and Buxton Railway
North British Railway