Edward Carbutt

Sir Edward Hamer Carbutt, 1st Baronet (22 July 1838 – 8 October 1905) was an English mechanical engineer who was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Liberal politician.

Carbutt was the youngest son of Francis Carbutt (1792–1874), a linen and cloth merchant of Chapel Allerton in Leeds who was a J.P., Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1848/1849, and a director of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway.[1]

Edward Carbutt went into business as a mechanical engineer in Leeds. When he was 24 (ca 1862) he entered into partnership with the engineer Robinson Thwaites (1811–1884) in the Vulcan Iron Works at Bradford.[2] Carbutt and Thwaites exhibited a 'Patent Double-Action Self-Acting Steam Hammer' in the 1862 London Exhibition.[3] Carbutt and Thwaites petitioned for a further patent 'for the invention of improvements in hammers to be worked by steam or other fluid' in 1867.[4]

He was a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

He entered local politics and was Mayor of Leeds in 1878[5] and as Mayor of Leeds laid the foundation stone of Leeds Civic buildings. In 1880 he was elected as MP for Monmouth Boroughs and held the seat until 1886. On 1 October 1892 he was made Baronet Carbutt of Nanhurst, Surrey. In 1896 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.[6]

In 1887 Carbutt was elected President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He represented the IMechE on the committee of the National Physical Laboratory. He was also a vice-president of the Iron and Steel Institute.[7] In 1891 he was concerned with the erection of a tower at Wembley to rival the Eiffel Tower in Paris.[8]

In 1874 Carbutt married Mary Rhodes. However the baronetcy became extinct on his death.

References

  1. ^ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage
  2. ^ http://heritage.imeche.org/Biographies/EdwardCarbutt
  3. ^ 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7: Thwaites and Carbutt. 1728. Thwaites and Carbutt, Vulcan Iron Works, Bradford, Yorkshire. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/1862_London_Exhibition:_Catalogue:_Class_7.:_Thwaites_and_Carbutt (with illustration)
  4. ^ The London Gazette, March 15, 1867, page 1738 www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23230/pages/1738/page.pdf
  5. ^ Lord Mayors & Aldermen of Leeds since 1626
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 26720. p. 1596. 10 March 1896. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  7. ^ ICE Journal Minutes of the Proceedings Obituary Sir Edward Hamer Carbutt January 1905
  8. ^ London Daily News Sir Edward's Tower August 10, 1891, Wednesday

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Cordes		 Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs
1880-1886		 Succeeded by
Sir George Elliot
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Jeremiah Head		 President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1887–1888		 Succeeded by
Charles Cochrane