George Hudson
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George Hudson was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferred on
The original York station pictured in 1861
Michal Hieronim Leszczyc-Suminski was a Polish botanist, painter and art collector. He was an alumnus of Humboldt University of Berlin.
George Hudson
…Mutiny in December 1857; William (b. 1834), who became a doctor but was killed by a train in 1876; and Ann (1830–1874), who married a Polish count, Michał Hieronim Leszczyc-Sumiński. Elizabeth Hudson died in London at 13 Pitt Street, Kensington on 15 January 1886 and their son George was recorded as living there for a few years…
Purported self-portrait from circa 1852
Depiction of Muhammad writing the Quran