William Barton Wright
Encyclopedia
William Barton Wright was a British mechanical engineer and Locomotive Superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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was a promoter of martial arts
: see Bartitsu
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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
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Family
His son Edward William Barton-WrightEdward William Barton-Wright
Edward William Barton-Wright C.E., M.J.S. was a British entrepreneur specialising in both self defence training and physical therapy...
was a promoter of martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
: see Bartitsu
Bartitsu
Bartitsu is an eclectic martial art and self-defence method originally developed in England during the years 1898–1902. In 1901 it was immortalised by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories...
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See also
- Locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire RailwayLocomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire RailwayLocomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The L&YR Locomotive Works were originally at Miles Platting, Manchester, from 1889 being at Horwich.- Constituent companies :...