| Administrative History | Edwin Bennett Brierley Newton, M Inst C E, a prominent municipal engineer, was born in Chester in 1873, received his early education at Eccles, and, after matriculating at London University in 1890, was trained in his profession at Manchester and Carlisle. He became a Fellow of our Society in 1897. In 1898 he entered the service of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, and was promoted to the post of Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1901, being at that time one of the youngest engineers to hold so important a position in the municipal world. He continued in this office until the War, joining the Army early in 1915 with a commission in the Glamorgan Fortress Engineers. In 1916 he went to France as Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, and survived until 1918, when he was reported missing, and was eventually recorded as ' killed in action ' on April 10th, 1918, at Armentières, at the age of 45 years. While at Carlisle he executed a series of archaeological surveys in connexion with the Roman Wall. He was also the author of a work on sewerage schemes, and contributed articles on cognate subjects to the professional journals. He held office in many technical societies, and possessed qualities which marked him for further advancement. [obit, PROCEEDINGS, QJGS, vol 76 (1920), xlix] |