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Henry Johnson (railway executive) was born on 11 September, 1906 in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Chairman of British Rail. Discover Henry Johnson (railway executive)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 11 September 1906
Birthday 11 September
Birthplace Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of death 1988
Died Place Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
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1906

Sir Henry Cecil Johnson (11 September 1906 – 13 March 1988), was Chairman of British Rail.

Henry Cecil Johnson was born in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire on 11 September 1906, the son of William Longland and Alice Mary Johnson of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire.

He was educated at Bedford Modern School.

1923

Johnson joined the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) as a traffic apprentice in 1923.

1932

In 1932 he married Evelyn Mary Morton; they had two daughters.

1942

After various posts in the Operating Department of LNER, Johnson was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Southern Area, LNER, in 1942.

1955

In 1955 he became Chief Operating Superintendent of the Eastern Region and later General Manager in 1958.

1962

In 1962, Johnson became General Manager of the London Midland Region, and was also its Chairman between 1963 and 1967.

Johnson was appointed CBE in 1962, made Knight Bachelor in 1968 and KBE in 1972.

Always known as Bill Johnson, ‘he had a friendly and relaxed manner, but he was shrewd, a good listener, and expert at delegating’.

Sir Peter Parker, a later Chairman, ‘admired his honesty and courage', describing him as ‘straight as a gun barrel.

He was ‘extremely popular with the railway employees, who admired him as [then being] the only railwayman to have started at the bottom and worked his way up through the ranks to become Chairman of British Railways’.

Johnson was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

The BBC's Your Paintings Series has a portrait of Johnson.

1966

He ‘took charge of the electrification of the Euston to Manchester and Liverpool line, the first main-line electrification, completed in 1966’.

1967

Johnson became Vice-Chairman of the British Railways Board in 1967 and was appointed its Chairman in 1968, a position he held until 1971.

1968

Although this was largely as a result of the Transport Act 1968, when grants were made to unprofitable passenger services providing a public service, Johnson astutely began the development of surplus railway land and established the British Rail Property Board in 1970.

1970

Johnson astutely began the sale and development of surplus railway land and established the British Rail Property Board in 1970.

In the 1970s British Railways earned £20 million a year from land sales.

1971

The finances of British Railways improved under Johnson's chairmanship and when he left in 1971, British Rail had a surplus of £9.7 million.

Sir Peter Parker, a later Chairman, ‘admired his honesty and courage', describing him as ‘straight as a gun barrel’.

The finances of British Railways improved under Johnson's chairmanship and when he left in 1971, British Rail had a surplus of £9.7 million.

After British Railways, Johnson became Chairman of MEPC (1971–76) and held board positions at Lloyds Bank, the Trident Life Assurance Company and Imperial Life of Canada.

1988

He died on 13 March 1988 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.