John Rennie (1838-1925)
c.1838 Born in Portsea[1]
c.1858 Joined John Penn and Sons as draughtsman; later spent time in the docklyard in Bombay in the service of the company
c.1865 Draughtsman and manager of works for Mr D Muirhead, constructing docks, etc in Shanghai
c.1866 Shanghai Municipal Council, responsible for building and surveying work
c.1868 Chief engineer afloat in various Far Eastern waters
c.1870 Set up in business for himself as consulting and mechanical engineer, at Queen Victoria St, London
1878 Joined Inst Mechanical Engineers
1881 John Rennie 39, consulting engineer M.I.M.E., lived in Lewisham with Emily R. Rennie 36,
1911 Retired Consulting & Inspecting Mechanical Engineer, living in Rhuddlan, with Emily Rennie[2]
1925 Died in St Asaph[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical Engineer Records