Anthony Cathcart Coubrough
Anthony Cathcart Coubrough (1877- )
1922 C.B.E., M.A., B.Sc., M.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E. (Ind.), Mechanical Engineer, c/o Mather and Platt, Ltd., P.O. Box 389, Calcutta, India. T. A.: " c/o Sprinkler, Calcutta." T. N.: 1557. b. 1877; s. of A. S. Coubrough, J.P., of Blanefield, N.B. Ed. Albany Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. Engineering training with Mather and Platt,.Ltd., Salford Iron Works, Manchester. With Mather and Platt, Ltd., as electrical designer, Manager of the Electrical Department, travelling representative in India and South Africa, and General Manager in India since 1913. Member of the Indian Advisory Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member of Council of the Institution of Engineers (India ). Member of the Royal Automobile Club, and Glasgow University Club, London; Bengal Club, Calcutta; Bombay Club, Bombay; U.S. Club, Simla. War Services.—Controller, Home Indents and Priority, and subsequently controller, munitions manufacture, Indian Munitions Board.