Leopold Halliday Savile

Leopold Halliday Savile

Infobox Engineer


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name = Leopold Halliday Savile
nationality = British
birth_date = 31 August 1870
birth_place = Bridge of Earn, Perthshire
death_date = 1953
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discipline = Civil,
institutions = Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (president)
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Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, KCB, MICE (31 August 1870–1953) was a British civil engineer.cite book
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first = Garth
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title = The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers
publisher = Thomas Telford Ltd
date = 1989
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pages = p170
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ybXHDw8u_VcC
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isbn = 0727715267] cite book
last = Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval
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title = Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal
publisher = Genealogical Publishing Company
date = 1994
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pages = p132
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0aUD4NqGYqAC
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isbn = 0806314338]

Savile was born at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland on 31 August 1870. [ [http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads/Presidents%20address%20from%20CE%20with%20Appendices(2).pdf Gordon Masterton's ICE presidential address] ] Savile was a distant descendent of Anne Plantagenet, the sister of Richard III and Edward IV. In 1904 Savile married Evelyn Styleman. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1925. [LondonGazette|issue=33007|supp=yes|startpage=2|date=30 December 1925|accessdate=2008-09-01] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the same order on 1 March 1929. [LondonGazette|issue=33472|supp=yes|startpage=1437|date=26 February 1929|accessdate=2008-09-01]

In 1931 Savile was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and was their president in 1948. Savile was appointed to the panel of qualified civil engineers required by the Reservoirs Act of 1930 where he was responsible for the design, construction and inspection of reservoirs.LondonGazette|issue=33890|startpage=7828|date=9 December 1932|accessdate=2008-09-01] At this time he was working for Alexander Gibb and partners. He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between November 1940 and November 1941.cite book
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first = Garth
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title = The Civils
publisher = Thomas Telford
date = 1988
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pages = p253
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isbn = 0-727-70392-7] He died in 1953.

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