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Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Alfred Holt ALFRED HOLT, born on the 13th June, 1829, was the third son of Mr. George Holt, of Liverpool. After being privately educated he was apprenticed in 1846 to the late Mr. Edward Woods, Past- President, under whom he gained a varied and extensive experience of railway surveying and construction and locomotive building. Read more...........
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet was a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax. Born: November 21, 1787, Halifax Died: April 28, 1865, London Parents: Abraham Cunard Children: Edward Cunard ...