Ebenezer Hall-Brown

Ebenezer Hall-Brown (1862-1920)

1888 Birth of son Archibald Hall-Brown

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1920 Obituary

EBENEZER HALL-BROWN was born at Greenock on 7th April 1862, and served his apprenticeship with the Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., afterwards joining Messrs. Richardson and Sons, Hartlepool, as head of their Scientific Department.

In 1892 he went into partnership, establishing the firm of Hall-Brown, Buttery and Co., Glasgow, which built a large number of engines for passenger and cargo steamers, etc.

In 1901 he became engineering partner in the firm of Rodger and Co., Glasgow, and in 1912 rejoined Messrs. Richardsons Westgarth as General Manager.

This position he held to the time of his death, which took place at Middlesbrough on 13th May 1920, at the age of fifty-eight.

He became a Member of this Institution in 1889. He was a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of the Institution of Naval Architects, Past-President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, and a Member of Council of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders.

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* 1920 Obituary

With regret we have to place on record the death, which took place on the 13th inst., of Mr. Ebenezer Hall-Brown, general manager of Richardsons, Westgarth and Co. Limited, Middlesbrough.

Mr. Hall-Brown, who was in his fifty-ninth year was born in Greenock, and was educated at St. Paul's Balfour School and Anderson's College, Glasgow. He received his engineering training in the works of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, Govan, where he served for nine years, the last four of which were spent in the drawing-office. From Fairfield he went to Messrs. T. Richardson and Sons. Hartlepool, where for several years he was head of the scientific department and chiefly responsible for the designs of all the engines turned out by the firm. In 1892 he resigned that position, and in partnership with Mr. John A. Buttery took over the St Helens Engines Works, Govan previously occupied by Mr. William Kemp. Under the designation of Hall-Brown, Buttery and Co., and in greatly enlarged premises, the firm developed the business and undertook larger and larger sets of marine engines for ships built on the Clyde and elsewhere. In July 1912 he was invited to become the general manager in the Middlesbrough works of Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., and that position he filled with much distinction until his sudden death last week.

While carrying on the practical work of marine engine building Mr. Hall-Brown all along evinced a keen interest in, and occupied himself with, the science of the engineering profession, and engaged in research work and experiment. From early in his career he was identified with the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, joining that body as a graduate in December, 1883. Even after his election to full membership in 1895 he continued to take a close and painstaking interest in the Students' Section, and he presided over its proceedings and nurtured its development and usefulness. He took a prominent part in the proceedings of the Institution, holding office in the Council and becoming president in the years 1911 and 1912, when he delivered addresses of exceptional interest. He was also a member of the Institutions of Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Naval Architects, as well as a member of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders and of the Institute of Metals.

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