This booklet by Hugh Murray contains brief biographies of key figures in the creation of the North Eastern Railway. It can be viewed at the NRM’s Search Engine
It includes the following – those with asterisks are reproduced on separate pages – search them by name
GENERAL MANAGERS 1836 to 1939
George Hudson – Chairman Y&NMR 1836-49 *
Sir Harry Stephen Mersey-Thompson – Chairman Y&NMR 1849-54 & NER 1855-74
James Pulleine – Chairman NER 1854
George Leeman – Chairman NER 1874-80 *
John Dent Dent – Chairman NER 1880-94
Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease Bt. – Chairman NER 1895-1902
Sir Matthew White Ridley Bt. Viscount Ridley – Chairman NER 1902-04
Sir Edward Grey Bt. Viscount Grey of Fallodon – Chairman NER 1904-5
Rt. Hon. John Lloyd Wharton – Chairman 1906-12
Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompsonm Barin of Knaresborough – Chairman 1912-22
Thomas Elliot Harrison – Generall Manager NER 1854
Captain William O’Brien – Geeral Manager NER 1854-71 *
Henry Tennant – General Manager 1871-91 *
Sir George Stegmann Gibb – General Manager 1891-1906
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth – General Manager NER 1906-21
Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood – General Manger NER 1922 Chief General Manager LNER 1923-39
OTHER KEY FIGURES
Edward Pease – Director Stockton and Darlington Railway 1821 *
George Stephenson – Engineer Stockton and Darlington Railway 1822 *
Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell Bt. – Director NER 1865-1904
Sir David Dale Bt. – Director NER 1881-1906
James Kitson, Baron Airedale – Director NER 1885-1911