Henry Charles Stanley
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Henry Charles Stanley (1840–1921) was the chief engineer of the railways in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Henry Charles Stanley was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1840, the son of Montague Talbot Stanley and his wife Mary née Eyre.[1][2] His brother Francis Drummond Greville Stanley was a Queensland Colonial Architect.
Stanley studied for 2 years at Edinburgh University before being articled to Messrs B. and E. Blyth, civil engineers who acted as consultants to the Scottish railways.[1]
In 1863 Stanley emigrated to Queensland.[1]