Benjamin Blyth II

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Benjamin Hall Blyth II (25 May 184913 May 1917) was a Scottish civil engineer.[1]

Blyth, who was born in North Berwick, East Lothian, was the eldest son of the railway engineer Benjamin Blyth.[1] He studied at Merchiston Castle School between 1860 and 1864 before studying for an MA degree from Edinburgh University. Following his father's death in 1866 he entered the family engineering consultancy and became a partner five years later. Blyth served as a consultant to the North British Railway and the Great North of Scotland Railway and served in an advisory capacity to the British Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. In 1872 he married Millicent Taylor with whom he had a daughter, Elsie.[1] He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1877, being elected to its council in 1900. He served as vice-president in 1911 and in 1914 became the first practising Scottish engineer to serve as president.[2] On 7 February 1898 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[3]

He was widowed on 12 September 1914 and died in North Berwick on 13 May 1917. He was survived by his daughter. His nephew, Benjamin Hall Blyth III, continued the consultancy after his death.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d Dictionary of Scottish Architects entry
  2. ^ Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, p. 252, ISBN 0-727-70392-7 
  3. ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh fellows list
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