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Colonel Holman Fred Stephens (31 October 1868 – 23 October 1931) was a British light railway civil engineer and manager. He was engaged in engineering and building, and later managing, 16 light railways in England and Wales.
Holman Fred Stephens - known to his friends as Holly - was born on 31 October 1868 in West London, the son of art critic and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member Frederick George Stephens.
Lt.-Col. H. F. Stephens (1868 - 1931) RA Collection: People and Organisations. Son of Frederic George Stephens, the Pre-Raphaelite artist and critic; pioneer designer of light railways for rural areas.
HOLMAN FRED STEPHENS was born in Hammersmith, London on 31 October 1869, the son of Rebekah and Frederick G. Stephens. His father was art critic of "The Athenaeum" and a well-known member of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement. He was named after the eminent Pre-Raphaelite artist, Holman Hunt.
Considerable experience in locating, designing and working railways of economical construction. Acted as Inspector to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, under notice of Accidents Act, 1894, for several years. Admitted Student of Middle Temple, 1906.
Name Of Line.Period.Mileage. M. F. CRemarks.Tenterden Railway (Parliamentary Line)189431 5 9Passed. Charge of Survey and Sections.Rother Valley Railway (Parliamentary ...189512 1 3Passed. Sole Engineer.Rye & Camber Tramway (Steam)18952 0 0Sole Engineer.Gower Railway189613 6 6Passed. Sole Engineer.In the early decades of the last century, Colonel Stephens engineered, built and managed a unique empire of branch line railways up and down the country. They were built and run on a shoestring, mostly in accordance with the Light Railways Act of 1896.
In anticipation of the passing of the Light Railways Act, Stephens and Peterson formed a company in July 1895 called the Light Railways Syndicate, for the purpose of obtaining orders for new light railways.
