Background
DONALDSON, Hay Frederick was born on July 7, 1856. 2nd son of late Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, first Premier of New South Wales, and Amelia, daughter of late Frederick Cowper of Carleton Hall, Penrith, and Unthank, Cumberland.
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Hay Frederick DONALDSON
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Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge. Edinburgh; Zurich; L. and North.W.R.
Career
Works, Crewe. Memberof Council, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, of Institution of Civil Engineers, of Iron and Steel Institute, of governing body of East London College, Mile End, London, East., et cetera On the Board of the National Physical Laboratory. Chairman of Sectional Committee on Screw Threads and Limit Gauges of the Engineering Standards Committee.
Civil and Mechanical Engineer.
Employed at Goa, India, 1884-1887, Railway and Harbour construction. 1887-1891, on the Manchester Ship Canal.
1892-1897, Chief Engineer, London India Docks Joint Committee. 1898-1899, Deputy Director General of Ordnance Factories.
Chief Mechanical Engineer of Ordnance Factories, 1899-1903. Chief Superintendent, Royal Ordnance Factories, Woolwich, since 1903.
Membership
Clubs: Athenaeum, Saint Stephen’s, Ranelagli.
