1ST See also:

• BARONET

BARONET See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• 1ST BARONET SIR RICHARD MOON (1814-1899)

MOON (1814-1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English railway See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, was the son of a See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1814 . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of his See also:

• LIFE

life is practically the history of the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway for the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period in which he lived . When he first became a member of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board in 1847, the See also:

• COMPANY

company had just come into existence by the amalgamation of the London & See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, the See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester & Birmingham, and the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Junction lines, and it was during his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long connexion with it—first as director and then (from 1862 to 1891) as chairman—that its See also:

• SYSTEM

system was See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed substantially into what it is now . The See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester & See also:

• HOLYHEAD (Caergybi, the fort of Cybi, the saint mentioned by Matthew Arnold as meeting St Seiriol of Penm6n, Anglesey)

Holyhead, the See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster & See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle, and many smaller lines were gradually added to it, either by leasing or by See also:

• COMPLETE

complete absorption, and finally in 1877 an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was obtained consolidating all into one homogeneous whole . Throughout his career, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

Moon's See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of organization and his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for what may be called railway See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy were of the greatest See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage to the company, and to him it owed in very large measure its commanding position . An extremely hard worker himself, he expected equal See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence of his subordinates; but See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and capacity did not go unrewarded, for he made promotions, not by See also:

• STANDING

standing or seniority, but by merit . Sir Richard Moon, who was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1887, died at See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1899 .