SPRING, Sir Francis Edward, K.C.I.E. (1911), C.I.E. (1894), Hon. M.A. and L.C.E. (T.C.D.); M.I.M.E.; Member Council Inst. C.E.; Chairman Madras Port Trust Board from 1904 to 1919; an additional Member of the Council of the Governor of Fort St. George; formerly Secretary Railway Dept., Madras, and Government Consulting Engineer for Railway; formerly Chief Engineer in Indian P. W. Dept.; M.L.C., Madras, 1899-1901, and 1910-13; b. 1849; son of late Rev. Edward Spring, Rector of Magourney, Ireland; m. 1873, Charlotte Becher. dau. of S. Townsend, J.P., Co. Cork. Res.: Madras, India.