Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
(1875-1937), Minister of Transport20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 20 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.
by Sir James Guthrie
oil on canvas, 1924-1930
NPG 2463
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
NPG x167776
by Bassano Ltd, published by Lillywhite Photographic Series
postcard print, circa 1918
NPG x193823
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1920-1930
NPG x7180
Katharine Legat (née Edis); Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Olive Edis
half-plate autochrome, 1920s
NPG x132476
by Olive Edis
autochrome, 1920-1930
NPG x45979
Katharine Legat (née Edis); Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
by Olive Edis
duratrans, 1920s; printed 2018
NPG x132476MP
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1922 or before
NPG D9759
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D18011
by Fred May
brush and ink with white heightening, 1935
NPG D4053
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