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:''This article is about Sir Edward Watkin, railway chairman (1819–1901), for other people of the same name see Edward Watkin'' Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 – 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. Among his more notable projects were his expansion of the Metropolitan Railway (part of today's London Underground network); the construction of the Great Central Main Line, a purpose-built high-speed railway line; and a failed attempt to dig a channel tunnel under the English Channel to connect his railway empire to the French rail network. == Biography == Watkin was born in Salford, Lancashire, the son of wealthy cotton merchant Absalom Watkin, who was noted for his involvement in the Anti-corn Law League. After a private education, he went to work in his father's mill business. In 1845 at age 26 he founded the Manchester Examiner, by which time he had become a partner in his father's business. He lived at Rose Hill, Northenden, a suburb of Manchester, in a house bought by his father in 1832.〔The Buildings of England: Lancashire-Manchester and the South-East〕 He is buried in St Wilfrid's churchyard in Northenden, where a memorial plaque commemorates his life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Watkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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