Brodie Henderson (engineer)

Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG, CB (6 March 1869 – 28 September 1936) was a British civil engineer.

[1] Henderson was primarily a railway engineer who worked for many railroad corporations across South America, Australasia and Africa.

He volunteered for service with the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of World War I and was put in charge of railway lines used to tranposrt Allied troops and supplies.

[2] At the age of 16 he entered into a pupillage with locomotive manufacturers Beyer, Peacock & Company before transferring to James Livesey and Son, consulting civil engineers.

These included the Buenos Aires Great Southern, Central Argentine, Antofagasta and the Midland of Western Australia railways.

[1] Henderson was also responsible for the construction of new docks in Buenos Aires and projects in Spain, China and Africa.

[2][14] Henderson became, through his brother Alexander, a patron of John William Waterhouse and owned several of his paintings.

Neil and Andrew followed their father as partners in Livesey and Henderson, as did one of Alexander's sons Philip.