Sir (James) Clifton Robinson (1 January 1848 – 6 November 1910), born in

Birkenhead Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic co ...

, England, was known as the "Tramway King", having involvement in the building and operating of street tramways in New York City, London, Liverpool, Dublin,

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, Bristol, Edinburgh and Los Angeles. He was managing director of the

Bristol Tramways Bristol Tramways operated in the city of Bristol, England from 1875, when the Bristol Tramways Company was formed by Sir George White, 1st Baronet, Sir George White, until 1941 when a Luftwaffe bomb destroyed the main power supply cables. His ...

, the

Imperial Tramways Company The Imperial Tramways Company Ltd (1878 to 1930) was created to bring under common management a number of street tramways. Originally based in London, its headquarters moved to Bristol in 1892 and from then on it shared its senior management wit ...

London United Tramways London United Tramways Company Limited was an operator of trams and trolleybuses in the western and southern suburbs of London, UK, from 1894 to 1933, when it passed to the London Passenger Transport Board. Origins The company was formed in 189 ...

, and the

Corris Railway The Corris Railway () is a narrow gauge railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales. The line opened in 1859 as a horse tramway, running from quays on the River Dyfi ...

. He was awarded a knighthood in 1905 and died from heart disease in New York.

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1848 births 1910 deaths English knights Tram transport in the United Kingdom People from Birkenhead Corris Railway 19th-century British businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-1840s-stub