Maurice Fitzmaurice

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This article is about the Irish engineer. For the admiral, see Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice. For the Irish hurler, see Maurice Fitzmaurice (hurler).

Maurice Fitzmaurice
Forth Bridge,
Sennar Dam
,

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice

British Commonwealth as well as the Sennar Dam in Sudan and he was recognised with the prestigious honour of the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers
for the 1916-17 session.

Early life and apprenticeship

Fitzmaurice was born in

Chignecto Ship Railway in Canada.[3]

London County Council

Fitzmaurice left Baker in 1892 and joined London County Council as a resident engineer where his first project was the Blackwall Tunnel; he worked with David Hay and the two authored a paper on the project published by the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1897.[4] Watt Medals and Telford Premiums were awarded to David Hay, M. Inst. C.E., and Maurice Fitzmaurice, B.E., M. Inst. C.E., for their joint Paper on " The Blackwall Tunnel."[5]

He was then appointed chief resident engineer in 1898 by the

Khedive to the building site;[7] and also appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on 12 December 1902.[1][8] In 1901 he became the Chief Engineer to the London County Council and amongst his works for them was the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Vauxhall Bridge and the Woolwich foot tunnel.[9] Upon his retirement from the Council in 1912 he received a knighthood.[1]

Later works

From 1912 he was a partner in

lieutenant-colonel. He married Ida Dickinson in 1911 and died at his home in London on 17 November 1924.[1]

Professional recognition

Fitzmaurice's grave in Brookwood Cemetery

Fitzmaurice first became involved with the

doctorate of law from the University of Birmingham in 1909.[1]

He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery.

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33154. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ Gordon Masterton's ICE presidential address Archived 24 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ University of New Brunswick biography
  4. ^ D.Hay and M.Fitzmaurice, 'The Blackwall Tunnel', Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol.CXXX, 1896–7, pp.50–79.
  5. ^ "Telford Medals". forgottenbooks.com.
  6. ^ obituary, 1925 Institution of Civil Engineers
  7. ^ "Latest intelligence - the Khedive´s tour". The Times. No. 36634. London. 10 December 1901. p. 5.
  8. ^ "No. 27503". The London Gazette. 12 December 1902. p. 8589.
  9. ^ Engineering Timelines entry on foot tunnel Archived 10 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice – HK harbour works, 1920 visit – the Industrial History of Hong Kong Group".
  11. ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
    .

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Preceded by
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers

November 1916 – November 1917 		Succeeded by
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