Lt Col CE Newton

Charles Edward Newton, M.Inst.C.E, FGS, The Leys, Timperley Cheshire and 17 Cooper St, Manchester. Son of the late John Newton esq. Born Moor House, Preston, Sept 5th 1859; educated at Windermere College, Manchester Grammar School, and Owens' College; Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers; Fellow of the Geographical Society of London and various kindred bodies; engineer to many corporations and local authorities in England and Ireland in respect of water supply, drainage, tramways etc; Hon Secretary of the Manchester and District Institute of Surveyors, Land Agents, and Valuers; took an interest in antiquarian, historical and geological research; author of papers relating to these subjects; died 1937

- from Manchester and Salford at the Close of the Nineteenth Century: Contemparary Biographies, W.T. Pike.