12 Facts About Charles Bressey

Sir Charles Herbert Bressey, CB, CBE was an English civil engineer and surveyor who specialised in road design.

Charles Bressey was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow and in France and Germany before starting work in his father's practice in the City of London, becoming a partner in 1896.

Charles Bressey married Margeret Francis Hill in 1902 and the couple had two sons.

At the start of World War I, Charles Bressey was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and spent time in France and Flanders constructing military roads.

Charles Bressey became Chief Engineer for Roads in 1921 and succeeded Maybury in 1928.

In June 1924, Charles Bressey was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Charles Bressey was appointed a Companion of the Bath in June 1930.

In January 1935, Charles Bressey was given a knighthood, and, Minister of Transport Leslie Hore-Belisha, appointed him to prepare a report on London's future road transport requirements up to the mid-1960s.

Charles Bressey spent three years consulting with experts and interested parties and investigating European plans.

Charles Bressey retired from the Ministry of Transport following the publication of the report.

Charles Bressey was a member of several industry bodies including the Royal Town Planning Institute, the Royal Sanitary Institute and Chartered Institute of Transport.

Charles Bressey died at a nursing home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire on 14 April 1951 from a cerebral haemorrhage and arteriosclerosis.