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William Orr Leitch

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William Orr Leitch FRSE FRSGS MICE (d.1948) was a Scottish civil engineer responsible for building sections of the Peking-Mukden railway and consequently serving as both its Chief Engineer and Manager. He was involved in the Mukden Incident of 1931.

Life

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Little is known of his early life other than that he was "from Edinburgh".

In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Gilbert MacIntyre Hunter, Douglas Guthrie, Alfred Henry Roberts, and Sir Thomas Hudson Beare.[1]

He died on 27 January 1948.

Family

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He married Katherine MacIntyre, sister of Major Hugh Ross MacIntyre DSO Mc and bar.[2]

Publications

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  • Railway Construction in North China (1905)

References

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  1. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ^ "Any Information or Photograph of WW1 Hero Major Hugh Ross Macintyre DSO MC+Bar (World War One) Page 1 RootsChat.Com". www.rootschat.com.