Background
He was born in Fife the son of Charles Carlow, also a mining engineer
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Charles Carlow
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He studied mining technology at Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh University. In 1952 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) from Street Andrews University.
Career
The bulk of his life seems to have been spent living in Leven, Fife. He died in Street Andrews in Fife on 13 August 1954. He was the maternal grandson of William Lindsay FRSE (1819-1884).
In 1927 he gave Blair House and 27 acres of ground near Culross in Fife to serve as a convalescent home for elderly and injured minors.
This is called the Charles Carlow Miners Convalescent Home in his memory. See
Deputy Lieutenant of Fife.
Managing Director of the Fife Coal Company Limited
Chairman of Shotts Iron Company
Chairman of Fife and Clackmannan Coal Owners Association
President of the Institute of Mining Engineers
President of the Mining Institute of Scotland
Fellow of the Institute of Fuel
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
President of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers
Chairman of the Transport Committee of Scottish Coal Owners.
