Adolph Railing

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Sir Adolph Harry Railing (born December 10, 1878 in Munich , † October 16, 1963 in Paddington , Greater London ), was a British engineer and industrialist of German origin

Life

Adolph Railing, the youngest son of the Jewish hop trader Isidor Railing (* 1840 in Fischach ; † 1881 in Munich) and his wife Hannchen, née Bing (* 1847 in Scheinfeld ), grew up with his brother Max in Munich. Railing studied at the Technical University in Munich and graduated in 1901 with a doctorate as a Dr. Ing. From. He then traveled to the USA and in 1905 joined the General Electric Company Ltd. in Witton ( Birmingham ) as an electrical engineer (Chief of Test) . In 1907 he moved to the company's London headquarters as chief technical assistant and was appointed director in Witton in 1911. Under his leadership, the group of companies expanded and produced generators, electric motors, transformers, switchgears and rectifiers for heavy industry during and after the First World War. Even after another change to the company management in London in 1933, he retained control of the company group in Witton. In 1941 he was appointed general manager of the General Electric Company, became vice-chairman in 1942 and a year later - as the successor to Hugo Hirst - chairman of the board. Until 1956 he worked as a consultant for overseas trade and the Ministry of Supply. In 1944 he became vice president of the Allied Employers' National Federation and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the same year . In 1957 he retired.

Adolph Harry Railing's first marriage was to Lillie Marguerite, nee Triefus, and her second marriage to Charlotte Clare, nee Nauheim.

Portrait

The collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London holds photographic portraits by Railing (Walter Stoneman, 1944; Navana Vandyk 1949) and by Charlotte Railing (Navana Vandyk 1949).

literature

  • Obituary: Electronics and Power , Vol. 10, No. 1, January 1964, p. 25 (online)
  • The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004, volume?, P.?.
  • William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein (arr.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Palgrave Macmillan UK 2011, p. 782.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registration documents (PMB) Isidor Railing: Munich, City Archives.
  2. ↑ the siblings Berthold (* 1870) and Emma (* 1872) died as small children
  3. ↑ emerged from a founding by Gustav Binswanger (Byng) and Hugo Hirsch (from 1883 Hugo Hirst)
  4. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  5. ^ National Portrait Gallery .
personal data
SURNAME Railing, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Railing, Adolph Harry; Railing, Sir Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1963
Place of death Paddington , Greater London