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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Robert_Fairlie.jpg/220px-Robert_Fairlie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Robert_Fairlie.jpg/330px-Robert_Fairlie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Robert_Fairlie.jpg/440px-Robert_Fairlie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Fairlie in the 1870s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1830 – 1831<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">1885-07-31</span>)</span>July 31, 1885<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Railway Engineer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fairlie_locomotive" title="Fairlie locomotive">Fairlie</a> double-bogie <a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">articulated locomotive</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Francis Fairlie</b> (either March 1831 or 5 April 1830<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 31 July 1885) was a Scottish-born railway engineer. He is chiefly known for the invention of the <a href="/wiki/Fairlie_locomotive" title="Fairlie locomotive">Fairlie</a> double-bogie <a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">articulated locomotive</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fairlie was born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, the son of T. Archibald Fairlie (an engineer) and Margaret Fairlie. He trained at <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Works" title="Crewe Works">Crewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Works" title="Swindon Works">Swindon</a> railway works, then joined first the <a href="/wiki/Londonderry_and_Coleraine_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Londonderry and Coleraine Railway">Londonderry and Coleraine Railway</a> as <a href="/wiki/Locomotive_Superintendent" class="mw-redirect" title="Locomotive Superintendent">Locomotive Superintendent</a> in 1852, and four years later the <a href="/wiki/Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway">Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway</a> before returning to London in 1859 to establish himself as a railway engineering consultant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ffestiniog_Railway">Ffestiniog Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ffestiniog Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fairlie patented the <a href="/wiki/Fairlie_locomotive" title="Fairlie locomotive">Fairlie</a> double-bogie <a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">articulated locomotive</a> in 1864. It was particularly associated with tightly curved railways and especially <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow gauge</a> mountain lines. The first such, the <i>Pioneer</i>, was built in 1865 for the <a href="/wiki/Neath" title="Neath">Neath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brecon" title="Brecon">Brecon</a> Railway, but it was with the <i><a href="/wiki/Festiniog_Railway_Little_Wonder" title="Festiniog Railway Little Wonder">Little Wonder</a></i> built in 1869 for the <a href="/wiki/Festiniog_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Festiniog Railway">Festiniog Railway</a> that Fairlie made his name as the inventor of something special. </p><p>On the Festiniog Railway the new locomotive was tested against the railway's existing <a href="/wiki/George_England_and_Co." title="George England and Co.">George England and Co.</a> four-coupled tank locomotives. A series of tests, for which detailed performance records survive, were held between 18 September 1869 and 8 July 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg/220px-Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg/330px-Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg/440px-Ffestiniog_PDold_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Festiniog_Railway_Little_Wonder" title="Festiniog Railway Little Wonder">Little Wonder</a></i> with train of four-wheeled passenger carriages at <a href="/wiki/Porthmadog" title="Porthmadog">Portmadoc</a> harbour station on the Festiniog Railway c1870.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG/220px-DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG/330px-DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG/440px-DavidLloydGeorge-P6031714.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><i>David Lloyd George</i> built new in 1991, one of several double Fairlie locomotives operated by the <a href="/wiki/Ffestiniog_Railway" title="Ffestiniog Railway">Ffestiniog Railway</a> today.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 11 February 1870, a formal demonstration was held, for invited guests from around the world, including: The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland" title="Duke of Sutherland">Duke of Sutherland</a>; Mr W. T. Mulvany, from <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>; M. Tolme, engineer; M. Phillippe Kremer from Paris, engaged on the Moscow and <a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a> Railway; Mr Christer P. Sandberg, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> <a href="/wiki/Consulate_general" class="mw-redirect" title="Consulate general">Consulate</a>, London; Count Czheni, Russia; Count Alexander Berg, son of the <a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">generalissimo</a> of the Russian army, and <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">Viceroy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>; Count Bobrinski, Russia; Count Tamoyski, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>; Basiley Saloff, Professor of the Imperial Institute of Engineers, <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg, Russia">St. Petersburg</a>; Charles de Schouberszki, director of the <a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkov</a> Railway in Russia; Count Ivan Tlabroburr, Moscow; Count von Desen, St. Petersburg; L. de Kislankske, of the Imperial Institute, St. Petersburg; Mr Preston, solicitor to the <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> Company; <a href="/wiki/Henry_Whatley_Tyler" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Whatley Tyler">Capt. Tyler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Railway_Inspectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate">Government Inspecting Officer for Railways</a>; Mr Preston, engaged on the railway from <a href="/wiki/Tiflis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiflis">Tiflis</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and Russia; Gen. <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir William Baker">Sir William Baker</a>, K.C.B.; Mr Power, M.P ., connected with the <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> and Vera Cruz Railways; Mr Pille [i.e. <a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">Carl Abraham Pihl</a>], <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>; Mr Ayrton, Mr Elias, general manager, <a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Railways" title="Cambrian Railways">Cambrian Railways</a>; Mr Poole, local traffic manager ditto; Mr <a href="/wiki/The_Spooners_of_Porthmadog" title="The Spooners of Porthmadog">Charles E. Spooner</a>, engineer, Festiniog Railway Company; Mr Crawley, C.E., London; Mr Danas, Indian Railways; Mr C. Thornton, ditto; Mr <a href="/w/index.php?title=Livingston_Thompson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Livingston Thompson (page does not exist)">Livingston Thompson</a>, Chairman and managing director, Festiniog Railway Company; Mr Dallas, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> newspaper, and Mr Thomas Cargill, engineer & reporter of the <i>Engineering Gazette</i> Further parties of engineers and managers came to Porthmadog on four later occasions in 1870 to observe the locomotive at work.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fairlie received many orders and commissions following the trials. In 1873-1874 he travelled to <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, but this trip resulted in a serious illness. By 1876 forty three railways operated Fairlie's patent locomotives, not always successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elopement_and_marriage">Elopement and marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elopement and marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>However, Robert Fairlie's professional career and social standing had been seriously threatened eight years earlier by a remarkable case (reported in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> of 8 April 1862) brought against him in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Bailey" title="Old Bailey">Central Criminal Court</a> by his longtime business associate, <a href="/wiki/George_England" title="George England">George England</a>, who alleged perjury on the part of Robert Francis Fairlie who had eloped with England's daughter Eliza Anne England and, to procure a marriage licence, had sworn a false <a href="/wiki/Affidavit" title="Affidavit">affidavit</a> that her father, Mr George England, had consented to the union, which was not true. After this marriage they had run away to Spain. </p><p>This accusation would, if proved, have resulted in a prison sentence. Under cross-examination by Sergeant Ballantyne (who appeared for Fairlie), George England was forced to admit that he had run away with his present wife, who was the mother of the young lady in question, and that he had a wife living at that time. He had lived with this lady several years but could not marry her until his wife died. By a quirk of English law, at that time, a child born out of wedlock was considered nobody's child. In law she was nothing to do with George England and could marry whom she pleased. There was no case to answer and therefore a verdict of not guilty was returned.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>But none of this stopped George England building Robert Fairlie's remarkable double-engine for the Ffestiniog Railway seven years later. Fairlie's Little Wonder was delivered to the FR in the summer of 1869 and George England retired. In September 1869 Robert Fairlie joined with George England's son and J.S. Fraser to take over the Hatcham Works and to form the <b>Fairlie Engine & Steam Carriage Co.</b> but George England junior died within a few months. Locomotive production ceased at the end of 1870 but the Fairlie Engine & Rolling Stock Co. continued as an office for design and for the licensing of Fairlie locomotive manufacture. </p><p>George England died in 1878, and by 1881 Fairlie and his wife Eliza were living at 13 Church Buildings, <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a> with their<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> children, Robert, John, Lily and Jessie (their other son, Frank, was at Charterhouse School as a boarder at the time of the 1881 Census)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Robert's mother in law, Sarah England.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Francis Fairlie died in London on 31 July 1885 and is buried at <a href="/wiki/West_Norwood_Cemetery" title="West Norwood Cemetery">West Norwood Cemetery</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_narrow_gauge_pioneers">Other narrow gauge pioneers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other narrow gauge pioneers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Fitzgibbon" title="Abraham Fitzgibbon">Abraham Fitzgibbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">Carl Abraham Pihl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everard_Calthrop" title="Everard Calthrop">Everard Calthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Decauville" title="Paul Decauville">Paul Decauville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hall_(railway_engineer)" title="Thomas Hall (railway engineer)">Thomas Hall</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Locomotive Engines, What they are and What they Ought to be</i> by R. F. Fairlie, London, John King & Co., 693, Queen Street, E.C. 1864</li> <li><i>Railways or No Railways – The Battle of the Gauges Renewed</i> by R. F. Fairlie, London, <a href="/wiki/Effingham_Wilson" title="Effingham Wilson">Effingham Wilson</a>, Royal Exchange. 1872 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/railwaysornorai01fairgoog#page/n8/mode/2up">(Online version – Archive.org)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHughes2004" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hughes, Geoffrey (2004). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9101">"Fairlie, Robert Francis (1830–1885)"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F9101">10.1093/ref:odnb/9101</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 August</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fairlie%2C+Robert+Francis+%281830%E2%80%931885%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F9101&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxforddnb.com%2Fview%2Farticle%2F9101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoyd1960" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_I._C._Boyd" title="James I. C. Boyd">Boyd, J. I. C.</a> (1960). <i>The Festiniog Railway</i>. Vol. 1. Lingfield: Oakwood. pp. 100, 107.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Festiniog+Railway&rft.place=Lingfield&rft.pages=100%2C+107&rft.pub=Oakwood&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=Boyd&rft.aufirst=J.+I.+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The North Wales Chronicle and the Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald</i>, February 1870.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis1999" class="citation journal cs1">Lewis, M. J. T. (Spring 1999). "The 1870 Locomotive Trials in the Local Press". <i>Heritage Group Journal</i> (57). Festiniog Railway Heritage Group: 21–27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Heritage+Group+Journal&rft.atitle=The+1870+Locomotive+Trials+in+the+Local+Press&rft.ssn=spring&rft.issue=57&rft.pages=21-27&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=M.+J.+T.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRansom1991" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/P._J._G._Ransom" title="P. J. G. Ransom">Ransom, John</a> (Summer 1991). "Sensation in Court". <i>Festiniog Railway Magazine</i> (133). FR Society: 20.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Festiniog+Railway+Magazine&rft.atitle=Sensation+in+Court&rft.ssn=summer&rft.issue=133&rft.pages=20&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Ransom&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">the Charterhouse School census for 1881</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Announcements". <i>The Times</i>. 5 January 1889.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Announcements&rft.date=1889-01-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson2001–2002" class="citation journal cs1">Wilson, Andrew (Winter 2001–2002). "The 1881 Census & The Festiniog Railway". <i>Festiniog Railway Heritage Group Journal</i> (68): 7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Festiniog+Railway+Heritage+Group+Journal&rft.atitle=The+1881+Census+%26+The+Festiniog+Railway&rft.ssn=winter&rft.issue=68&rft.pages=7&rft.date=2001%2F2002&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Francis+Fairlie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Francis_Fairlie&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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