Percy Crosland Tempest 1860 - 1924

occupation:
Engineer,
General manager
Nationality:
British
born in:
Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University; trained with London & North Western Railway; became Permanent Way Engineer of the South Eastern Railway; Chief Engineer of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway; became General Manager and initially joint General Manager of the Southern Railway; retired January 1924; also Engineer to Channel Tunnel Co. from 1916; given KBE June 1923.