1. Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell was an Irish Locomotive Engineer who held the post of chief mechanical engineer of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913 until the 1923 Grouping and then the post of CME of the Southern Railway in England until 1937.
Richard Maunsell had previously worked his way up through positions in other railways in Ireland, England and India.
Richard Maunsell was born on 26 May 1868 at Raheny, County Dublin, in Ireland, the seventh son of John Maunsell, a Justice of the Peace and a prominent solicitor in Dublin.
Richard Maunsell attended The Royal School, Armagh from 1882 to 1886.
Richard Maunsell commenced studies at Trinity College, Dublin on 23 October 1886 for a law degree; however by this stage he had shown a keen interest in engineering.
Richard Maunsell concurrently began an apprenticeship at the Inchicore works of the Great Southern and Western Railway under H A Ivatt in 1888.
Richard Maunsell evidently impressed Edith as she was to send him a letter in March 1893 requesting a tour of the grain elevator at Fleetwood Docks.
Richard Maunsell went to India in 1894, as assistant locomotive superintendent of the East India Railway, He subsequently was appointed district locomotive superintendent of the Asansol District.
The increased salary with a free house finally met the income stipulations of Edith's father and enabled Richard Maunsell to marry Edith on 15 June 1896 in London.
Richard Maunsell retired in 1937, Oliver Bulleid taking over from him.
Richard Maunsell was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.
Richard Maunsell died in Ashford, Kent on 7 March 1944.
Richard Maunsell was responsible for several notable locomotive classes and related equipment.
Richard Maunsell introduced pulverised fuel equipment and new types of valve gear.