John Elliot (railway manager)

For other people of the same name, see John Elliot (disambiguation).

Sir John Elliot (6 May 1898 – 18 September 1988) was a British transport and railway manager. Born John Elliot Blumenfeld, he was the son of the Daily Mail news editor R. D. Blumenfeld (who later became managing editor of the Daily Express.) He changed his name to John Elliot in March 1923.^[1]

After a short period as regular army officer in the 3rd The King's Own Hussars,^[2] he joined the Southern Railway in 1925 as a public relations assistant, reporting to the General Manager, and continued in various posts with the company until it was nationalised, with the rest of the railway system, into British Railways in 1947. He continued to work for the nationalised company, rising to Chairman of the Railway Executive, until he was appointed as Chairman of London Transport in 1953, a post he held until 1959. He was Chairman of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd from 1959 until 1967. He received a knighthood in the 1954 New Years honours list.^[3]

In October 1937 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps,^[4] and was promoted to full Colonel in May 1951.^[5] He commanded the unit from January 1956^[6] until he was retired due to his age on 7 May 1963.^[7] He resigned his commission in December 1973.^[8]

John Elliot's autobiography, On And Off The Rails, was published by George Allen & Unwin in 1982.

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 32804. p. 1954. 9 March 1923. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31887. p. 5190. 4 May 1920. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40053. p. 2. 29 December 1953. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 34461. p. 7660. 7 December 1937. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39306. p. 4259. 7 August 1951. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40700. p. 680. 31 January 1956. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43048. p. 5812. 5 July 1963. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46259. p. 4600. 8 April 1974. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

Business positions
Preceded by Eustace Missenden as General Manager	Acting General Manager, Southern Railway 1947	Company nationalised
Preceded by Eustace Missenden	Chairman, Railway Executive 1951–1953	Railway Executive abolished
Preceded by Lord Latham	Chairman, London Transport Executive 1953–1959	Succeeded by Sir Alexander Valentine
Military offices
Preceded by Col. V. A. M. Robertson	Officer Commanding, Engineer and Railway Staff Corps January 1956 – May 1963	Succeeded by Col. Alexander Valentine

Heads of public transport authorities in London

London Passenger Transport Board	Lord Ashfield (1933–1947) Lord Latham (1947)

London Transport Executive	Lord Latham (1948–1953) Sir John Elliot (1953–1959) Sir Alexander Valentine (1959–1963)

London Transport Board	Sir Alexander Valentine (1963–1965) Sir Maurice Holmes (1965–1969)

London Transport Executive	Sir Richard Way (1970–1975) Sir Kenneth Robinson (1975–1978) Ralph Bennett (1978–1980) Sir Peter Masefield (1980-1982) Sir Keith Bright (1982–1984)

London Regional Transport	Sir Keith Bright (1984–1988) Sir Neil Shields (1988–1989) Sir Wilfrid Newton (1989–1994) Sir Malcolm Bates (1999–2001) Bob Kiley (2001) Sir Malcolm Bates (2001–2003)

Transport for London	Bob Kiley (2000–2006) Sir Peter Hendy (2006–2015) Mike Brown (2015–)

London Transport portal

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 94874041 ISNI: 0000 0000 6751 2239

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John Elliot (railway manager)

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