William Orr Leitch
Scottish civil engineer involved with building the Peking-Mukden railway
About William Orr Leitch
William Orr Leitch was a civil engineer.
William Orr Leitch FRSE FRSGS MICE (d.1948) was a Scottish civil engineer responsible for building sections of the Peking-Mukden railway and consequently serving as both its Chief Engineer and Manager. He was involved in the Mukden Incident of 1931.
Life Little is known of his early life other than that he was "from Edinburgh".
In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Gilbert MacIntyre Hunter, Douglas Guthrie, Alfred Henry Roberts, and Sir Thomas Hudson Beare.
He died on 27 January 1948.
Family
He married Katherine MacIntyre, sister of Major Hugh Ross MacIntyre DSO Mc and bar.
Publications
Railway Construction in North China (1905)
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Who was William Orr Leitch?
Scottish civil engineer involved with building the Peking-Mukden railway
When did William Orr Leitch die?
William Orr Leitch died on 27 January 1948.
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William Orr Leitch was a civil engineer.
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