OBITUARY. 267 
the firm of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., and in 1894 was appointed shipyard 
manager at their Elswick works. Whilst at Elswick he was largely responsible with the 
late Mr. Perrett for the laying out and equipment of the Armstrong Naval Yard at Walker- 
on-Tyne. Among the ships built at Elswick during his period of management were the 
Superb and Monarch and the battle cruiser Invincible, while among foreign warships the 
Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes was perhaps the most notable. 
He was, while at Newcastle, a member of the Tyne Improvement Commission and 
senior major of the 1st Northumbrian R. F. A. (T. F.). 
In October, 1912, he became managing director of Messrs. Cammell, Laird & Co.’s ship- 
yard at Birkenhead, and he continued to occupy that position until the time of his death. In 
addition to his duties as managing director at Birkenhead, he was a member of the Mersey 
Docks and Harbor Board, and served as President of the Shipbuilding Employer’s Feder- 
ation in England from November, 1915, to September, 1919. During the war he was chair- 
man of the Merchant Shipbuilding Advisory Committee, a post of great responsibility which 
he filled with conspicuous success. He was also vice-chairman of the Liverpool Munitions 
of War Committee and served on the Council of the Federation of British Industries and on 
the Technical Committee of Lloyd’s Register. 
He was a member of the Institution of Naval Architects, which he joined in 1889 and 
served on the Council from 1913 onwards. 
In August, 1917, the honor of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 
was conferred upon him. 
Mr. Carter was a member of this Society since 1899. He died February 9, 1922. 
CREIGHTON CHURCHILL 
MEMBER 
Mr. Churchill was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 9, 1866. Entering the U. S. Naval 
Academy in 1881, he graduated in the class of 1887. On June 30, 1896, he was forced 
to retire owing to injury to his eyesight incident to service. He was called back to active 
service under special legislation in 1899 and remained in the Navy until 1907, when he was 
again placed on the retired list. 
Mr. Churchill then engaged in mechanical and industrial engineering, specializing in the 
latter for eight or nine years, and had been employed by the General Electric Company, Lynn, 
Mass., and the American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., Erie, Pa. Mr. Churchill, on the out- 
break of the World War in April, 1917, was ordered back into active service at the Navy 
Yard, Boston, Mass., where he was employed as shop superintendent in the Machinery Di- 
vision, until July 10, 1918, when he became chief of the Standard Practice Branch, Emer- 
gency Fleet Corporation, at Philadelphia. He remained in this position until November 29, 
1919, when he resigned owing to completion of the work. 
Mr. Churchill in 1920 became general superintendent of Rumsey Pump Company in 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. His health broke down in July, 1921, forcing him to give up business, 
but after a few months’ rest he accepted a position with the Sidney Blumenthal Company in 
Derby, Conn., where he died May 28, 1922. He became a member of this Society in 1918. 
