George Livesey

Sir George Thomas Livesey (8 April 1834 – 4 October 1908) was a British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist.

[6] Livesey held the two positions from the time of his father's death until 1882, when his brother, Frank, succeeded him as the company's chief engineer.

[9] He was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours,[10] receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.

1 on Old Kent Road in 1890; the library became the Livesey Museum for Children in 1974, which existed until its closure by Southwark Council on 1 March 2008.

He married on 13 October 1859 at the church of St. Mary Magdalen, Peckham, to Harriet, the daughter of George Howard, a tallow chandler.

When he was younger, Livesey often played lively games of football and cricket at The Crystal Palace with the young boys from his Bible studies class.