George Hudson

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human politician railway financier

George Hudson was a 19th-century English railway financier and politician, famously known as the "Railway King" for his dominant role in the early development and expansion of Britain's railway network.

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Label	Occurrences
George Hudson canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ politician ⓘ railway financier ⓘ
burialPlace	Scrayingham, Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfNotability	large-scale railway share promotion ⓘ rapid consolidation of early British railway companies ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1800-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1871-12-14 ⓘ
employer	Midland Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ York and North Midland Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
faced	allegations of financial misconduct ⓘ bankruptcy ⓘ
fieldOfWork	British politics ⓘ railway development ⓘ railway finance ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	English ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Railway King NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	growth of national railway network in Britain ⓘ
knownFor	aggressive railway company mergers ⓘ financial scandal related to railway accounts ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	British Conservative Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Railway King NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	dominant role in early development of Britain’s railway network ⓘ expansion of Britain’s railway network ⓘ speculative railway investment schemes ⓘ
notableWork	creation of York as a major railway hub ⓘ expansion of York and North Midland Railway network ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ politician ⓘ railway financier ⓘ
partOf	Victorian era railway boom NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ York NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Lord Mayor of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament for Sunderland ⓘ Member of Parliament for York ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London York NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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York and North Midland Railway → keyPerson → George Hudson ⓘ

York and North Midland Railway → chairman → George Hudson ⓘ