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Railway King

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Name given by Sydney Smith to George Hudson (q. v .), the great railway speculator, who is said to have one day in the course of his speculations realised as much in scrip as £100,000.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Railway King'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/railway-king.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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