Alexander Kaye Butterworth

[2] He was educated at Marlborough College from August 1868 to March 1874,[3] and then attended London University, where he graduated in 1877.

He gained his Bachelor of Law degree in 1884,[6] He then joined the Great Western Railway, working in its legal department.

In 1890, he was appointed a Clerk of the Peace for Bedfordshire, a position he held for six months,[1] before joining the North Eastern Railway (NER) as a solicitor in February 1891.

[1] He represented the NER in his capacity a company solicitor at the inquiry into the railway accident at Thirsk in 1892.

[3] He retired from his position as General Manager of the NER on 31 December 1921 and was succeeded by Ralph Wedgwood.