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1946-1947: Frederick Seymour Whalley
Frederick Seymour Whalley (1885-1958)
President of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers
Frederick Seymour Whalley, M.C., F.C.G.I., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Loco.E. (PastPresident), former chairman of Vulcan Foundry Limited and of Robert
Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd., whose death occurred on 17th November 1958 at the age of 73.
He was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury, and the City and Guilds Central Technical College, London. After practical training in the locomotive works of the Vulcan Foundry Ltd., and subsequently in the Running Department of the London and South Western Railway, Eastleigh, he was appointed, in 1910, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent, North Western Railway of India.
In 1914, he was acting as Secretary to the Locomotive and Carriage Superintendents’ Committee, Indian Railway Conference Association, but at the outbreak of war he accompanied Indian Expeditionary Force “B” overseas with a commission in the Royal Engineers, serving with the Railway Corps in East Africa. He was mentioned twice in dispatches, awarded the Military Cross, and promoted to the rank of Major; and ultimately held the position of Chief Mechanical Engineer, East African Military Railways.
He returned to India, in 1921, as District Locomotive Superintendent, North Western Railway. In 1923, Mr. Whalley became general manager, Vulcan
Foundry Ltd., was appointed managing director in 1929, vice-chairman in 1941, and chairman in 1946.
He was president of the Manchester and District Engineering Employers’ Association in 1931, 1932 and 1933, and president of the Locomotive Manufacturers’ Association from 1936 to 1947. In 1940, he was appointed chairman of the Locomotive Manufacturers’ Export Group, and, in 1942, chairman of the newly-formed Railway Engineering Supply Industries Joint Committee. From 1941 to 1945, he was a director of the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd., and, in 1944, he was elected Chairman of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd. He relinquished the chairmanship of the Vulcan Foundry Ltd. and of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd. in 1951, although continuing to serve on the boards of both companies until December 1954.
Mr. Whalley, whose membership of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers dated from 1918 and who had served continuously on the Council from 1927 was President for 1946-1947.
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