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1ST BARONET SIR RICHARD MOON (1814-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 802 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR RICHARD MOON (1814-1899)
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English railway
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administrator, was the son of a Liverpool merchant, and was born on the 23rd of September 1814 . The
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history of his
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life is practically the history of the
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London & North-Western railway for the period in which he lived . When he first became a member of the board in 1847, the
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company had just come into existence by the amalgamation of the London &
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Birmingham, the Manchester & Birmingham, and the
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Grand Junction lines, and it was during his long connexion with it—first as director and then (from 1862 to 1891) as chairman—that its
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system was
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developed substantially into what it is now . The Chester & Holyhead, the Lancaster & Carlisle, and many smaller lines were gradually added to it, either by leasing or by
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complete absorption, and finally in 1877 an act was obtained consolidating all into one homogeneous whole . Throughout his career,
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Sir Richard Moon's powers of organization and his genius for what may be called railway diplomacy were of the greatest
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advantage to the company, and to him it owed in very large measure its commanding position . An extremely hard worker himself, he expected equal
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diligence of his subordinates; but energy and capacity did not go unrewarded, for he made promotions, not by
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standing or seniority, but by merit . Sir Richard Moon, who was created a
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baronet in 1887, died at Coventry on the 17th of November 1899 .

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