John Richard Donovan Glascott

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John Richard Donovan Glascott

CIE
Born(1877-06-10)10 June 1877
Nuddea, Bengal, British India
Died6 April 1938(1938-04-06) (aged 60)
Education Bedford Modern School
Known forChief Engineer of the Burma Railways

John Richard Donovan Glascott CIE (10 June 1877 - 6 April 1938) was Chief Engineer of the Burma Railways, later first Agent to the Burma Railways, Port Commissioner for Burma and a Member of the Legislative Council of Burma. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was also an accomplished sportsman who, in his youth, played rugby for the East Midlands, Bedford and the Barbarians and would in later life play cricket for Burma. [5] He also served as Commander of the Burma Railways Auxiliary Force. [5]

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Early life

Glascott was born on 10 June 1877 in Nuddea, Bengal, India. [6] He was the son of George Annesley Glascott and Charlotte Ellen Louisa (née Meares), [1] and educated in England at Bedford Modern School, from 1886 to 1895. [5] Glascott was always interested in railways and contributed to the Model Engineer & Amateur Electrician in 1902 at the age of fifteen. [7] After leaving school, he became Captain of the Bedford Wanderers and later became Captain of the Town Club. [5] Glascott played on several occasions for the East Midlands and the Barbarians. [5]

Career

After school, Glascott joined the Queen’s Engineering Works in Bedford and afterwards gained experience with The Tube and the Great Eastern Railway. [1] [5] In 1902 he went to India as an Assistant Engineer to the Bengal Nagpur Railway. [1] [5] In 1904 he was appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Burma Railways, [1] [5] in 1907 became Signals Engineer and in 1911 became Deputy Chief Engineer of the entire rail network. [1] [5] In 1919 he was made Chief Engineer of the Burma Railways. [1] [5]

In 1920, Glascott became Agent of the Burma Railways. [1] In 1926 he was made CIE. [8] In 1929, when the Indian Government took control of the Burma Railways, Glascott became first Agent of the Burma State Railways. [1] [5] [3]

Glascott was also Commander of the Burma Railways Auxiliary Force and played cricket for Burma against Madras and Ceylon. [5] He was reputed to be one of the best billiard players in the country. [5] He retired in 1932. [5]

In 1907, Glascott married Miss O’Reilley Blackwood who survived him. [5]

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  2. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette, January 1, 1926, p. 8
  3. 1 2 "The Railway Magazine". 1926.
  4. ↑ "Railway Gazette International". 1938.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Obituary in The Eagle, Bedford Modern School Magazine, Vol. XXI, No.6, July 1938
  6. ↑ The Times of India, 15 June 1877
  7. ↑ "The Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician". 1902.
  8. ↑ "The India Office and Burma Office List". 1947.
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