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Sir Eric Campbell Geddes

(1875-1937), Minister of Transport

20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 19 portraits
Born at Agra, India and educated at several British public schools; in 1892 he travelled to New York and spent the following two years working in a sequence of jobs; on his return home to India he managed fifty miles of tramway and became a traffic superintendent for the Rohilkhand and Kumaon Railway; in 1904 Geddes joined the North Eastern Railway (NER) in Britain, rising to the position of deputy general manager in 1911; during the early years of the First World War Geddes held the positions of director-general of transportation in France and director-general of military railways at the War Office, as well as the rank of major-general; he departed as the last businessman-in-government in 1921.

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Statesmen of World War I, by Sir James Guthrie - NPG 2463Statesmen of World War I
by Sir James Guthrie
NPG 2463
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x167776Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Walter Stoneman
NPG x167776
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Bassano Ltd, published by Lillywhite Photographic Series - NPG x193823Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Bassano Ltd, published by Lillywhite Photographic Series
NPG x193823
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Olive Edis - NPG x7180Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Olive Edis
NPG x7180
Katharine Legat (née Edis); Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Olive Edis - NPG x132476Katharine Legat (née Edis); Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Olive Edis
NPG x132476
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Olive Edis - NPG x45979Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Olive Edis
NPG x45979
'As popularity is to be achieved nowadays only through the cinema Mr. Punch 'presents' a few screen opportunities for prominent aspirants', by Bernard Partridge - NPG D9759'As popularity is to be achieved nowadays only through the cinema Mr. Punch 'presents' a few screen opportunities for prominent aspirants'
by Bernard Partridge
NPG D9759
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie - NPG D18011Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
NPG D18011
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, by Fred May - NPG D4053Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Fred May
NPG D4053

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