MURTON

Frederic (son of Mr. Murton, commandant of marines, Chas am). b. Chas am 24 March 1817; articled to colonel George Landmann 1834, employed by him on Preston and Wyre railway 1837; resident engineer upon the Paris, Rouen, Havre, and Dieppe railway; engaged by Thomas Bra ey on Paris, Lyons, Avignon and Marseilles railway, presented by his employer with £5,000; in practice in Paris; carried out a railway from Gladbach to Venlo; examined railway projects in Portugal and North America; M.I.C.E. 1 March 1864. d. 85 Add is on road, Kensington, London 17 Jany. 1889. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xcvi 326–8 (1889).