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The Fellowship
Hall of Fame
 Lord Hinton of Bankside OM KBE FRS FEng
President of The Royal Academy of Engineering 1976-1981
Lord Hinton was one of
the 20th century’s most eminent engineers,
making an enormous contribution both to
energy generation technology and later to
politics as an active member of the House of
Lords.
At the UK Atomic Energy Authority he
oversaw the design and construction of the
uranium extraction factory at Springfields,
the Windscale facility with its production
piles and complex chemical plants, the
diffusion plants at Capenhurst, the first
nuclear reactor at Calder Hall and the fast
breeder reactor at Dounreay. He continued to
contribute to public service during his
retirement, as a special adviser to the
World Bank and as Chairman of the
International Executive Committee of the
World Energy Conference 1962-68.
Lord Hinton
was a highly successful first Chancellor of
the University of Bath. He received many
national and international awards for his
achievements during a long and distinguished
career. He was elected to the Royal Society
in 1954.
As President of the Council of
Engineering Institutions, Lord Hinton was
involved in the final stages of creating The
Fellowship of Engineering, now The Royal
Academy of Engineering. He brought
enthusiasm and energy to his presidency of
The Fellowship and was instrumental in
developing its activities and
administration. He introduced an annual
Distinction Lecture in 1977, which was
renamed the Hinton Lecture when he retired
as President, and is still The Academy’s
premier annual lecture.
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1901 |
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Born 12 May in Tisbury, Wiltshire |
| 1917 |
Engineering apprentice with Great Western Railway at Swindon |
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1926 |
Graduates with a first in Mechanical Sciences from Cambridge University
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| 1926 |
Starts work with Brunner Mond (forerunner of ICI)
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| 1940 |
Seconded to the Ministry of Supply |
| 1946 |
Deputy Controller of Production, Atomic Energy |
| 1951 |
Knighted for services to industry |
| 1954 |
Member for Engineering and Production, UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| 1957 |
First Chairman of the new Central Electricity Generating Board |
| 1965 |
Receives Life Peerage |
| 1966 |
First Chancellor of the University of Bath |
| 1976 |
President of both the Council of Engineering Institutions and the newly formed Fellowship of Engineering |
| 1976 |
Appointed to the Order of Merit |
| 1983 |
Dies 22 June aged 82 |
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