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Sir William Arthur Stanier, FRS [1] (27 May 1876 – 27 September 1965) was a British railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. [2] Biography.
Sir William Stanier FRS. William Stanier was born in 1876, and became an apprentice in the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon in 1892. From 1897 to 1900, Stanier worked as a draughtsman, before becoming Inspector of Materials in 1900.
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William Arthur Stanier, 1876-1965. Harold Brewer Hartley. Published: 01 November 1966 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1966.0024. Abstract. The Staniers were a Staffordshire family and Stanier’s father, W. H. Stanier, joined the Great Western Railway at Wolverhampton in the early 1860s.
Swindon-born William A. Stanier joined Great Western Railway as a fifteen-year-old trainee and began rising swiftly through the ranks. In 1904, he was appointed assistant to the divisional locomotive superintendent in London, and by 1931 he was chief mechanical engineer of the London Midland & Scottish Railway.
Learn more about the Stanier Mogul class, arguably the first design of William Stanier at the LMS, and our locomotive's distinguished history.
Illustrations include Jean Veleck, Jean Stanier and Sir William at home in Rickmansworth in 1963 (colour) and William aged 12 in 1888 in group family photograph. Jean Velecky is also shown at Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway.
