Mr. G. Hudson, M. P, - "The Railway King", 1845. Creator: Unknown

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Mr. G. Hudson, M. P, - "The Railway King", 1845. Creator: Unknown

Mr. G. Hudson, M.P, - " The Railway King", 1845. Portrait of British railway financier and politician George Hudson. In proof of the extent of Mr. Hudsons railway enterprise, it may be stated that in the Parliamentary Return of Persons Subscribing to Railway Contracts, for which Bills were presented during the late Session, the total amount of Mr. Hudsons subscription is £ 319, 835; and his interest in one railway (Newcastle and Berwick) amounts to £ 200, 000...A short time since, at York, he thus adverted to some of the evils of rapid legislation: " He feared that railway accidents would become much more frequent, when he saw the Legislature, as they had done this session, sanctioning lines with gradients so bad that they would require the locomotive engine behind as well as before. He almost shuddered for the consequences." From " Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

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