Follett Holt
of the London and South Western Railway, Locomotive Department, Nine Elms, London, S.W.
1865 Born fifth s. of Robert Hallett Holt, barrister, Head of the Land Registry Department.
Educated at Merchant Taylors School, London, and City and Guilds of London Technical Institute (Mechanical Engineering Certificate).
Articled to William Adams, locomotive superintendent, London and South-Western Railway.
Two years, assistant in the office of Sir Alexander Rendel, consulting engineer to the Indian State Railways.
Six years District and acting Locomotive Superintendent, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway
1898 Chief Engineer and General Manager, Great Western and Brazil Railway Co.
1900 Chief Engineer and General Manager, Entre Rios Railways. Proposed and constructed the train-ferry system across the Parana River, uniting the provinces of Entre Rios and Buenos Aires and giving direct train communication between the Republics of Paraguay and Argentina.
1910 Retired.
WWI Shell Production Organization, War Office; Settler under Munitions Levy Act, Ministry of Munitions; Financial Advisor to Controller of Coal Mines (Board of Trade); Commercial Member of H.M.'s Special British Diplomatic-Commercial Mission to the South American Republics.