Frederick Attock was the first president of Newton Heath L&YR F.C. (later Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

). He was born in Liverpool, but moved via Essex to Manchester, where he became the superintendent engineer of the carriage and wagon works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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's Newton Heath

Newton Heath

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 depot.

Newton Heath L&YR Football Club was established in 1878 by members of the dining room committee at the carriage and wagon works, and Attock was appointed as the club's president soon after. As his vice-presidents, the club appointed local MPs Arthur Balfour

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 (who later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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 from 1902 to 1905), Charles Ernest Schwann

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 and James Majoron, and the editor of the Manchester Guardian

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, Charles Prestwich Scott

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. The club set up its offices at the Shears Hotel on Oldham Road, before moving to new premises at 33 Oldham Road in 1892.