Anthony George Lyster son of George Fosbery Lyster

George Fosbery Lyster

George Fosbery Lyster succeeded John Hartley as Engineer in Chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. He was followed by his son, A.G. Lyster in 1897....

. Engineer-in-Chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board from 1897, when he succeeded his father, until his retirement in 1913, when he was honoured with the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Institution of Civil Engineers

Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...

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Among his work is Brunswick Entrance Locks

Brunswick Dock

Brunswick Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Coburg Dock to the north, Toxteth Dock to the south. The dock was opened in 1832, designed by Jesse Hartley, specifically as a timber dock...

, opened 1905, Vittoria Dock

Vittoria Dock

Vittoria Dock is a dock in Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England. It was built between 1905 and 1909 within the Great Float.-The name 'Vittoria':The dock is named after the Battle of Vittoria, fought on 21 June 1813 and was designed by A.G.Lyster....

, opened 1909, as well as Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse, is a grade II listed building and is the world's largest brick warehouse. Standing high, the building was at the time of its construction in 1901, claimed to be the world's largest building in terms of area.The 14 storey building spans across and its construction...

. The latter was the largest warehouse in the world when built, and extends along the whole of the south front of the dock. The last dock which A.G Lyster built was the Graving Dock at Gladstone Dock

Gladstone Dock

Gladstone Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. The dock is connected to the Royal Seaforth Dock to the north and what remains of Hornby Dock to the south...

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He married on 3 December 1892, Frances Laura Arabella, former wife of explorer and author Harry de Windt

Harry de Windt

Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt was the aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak , and is best known as an explorer and travel writer...

, and sister of the 1st Viscount Long

Viscount Long

Viscount Long, of Wraxall in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1921 for the Conservative politician Walter Long, who had previously served as Member of Parliament, President of the Board of Agriculture, President of the Local Government...

 of Wraxall. There were no children from the union. Lyster died at 10 Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park

Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...

, London, on 17 March 1920, and was buried at Braden Lane, near High Wycombe

High Wycombe

High Wycombe , commonly known as Wycombe and formally called Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe until 1946,is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of Charing Cross in London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town...

, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

. His estate was left in trust for a nephew, subject to the life interest of his widow.

External links

• Port Cities: – Anthony George Lyster, dock engineer (1852-1920) at www.mersey-gateway.org