Charles Arthur Rowlandson was born in 1846 in Madras the son of Rev Rowlandson was a clergyman who later returned to England and was the Vicar at Kirby Moorside.

Charles Rowlandson attended school in Tonbridge. In 1862 he became an articled pupil of Humphreys and Tennant in Deptford who were marine engineers and trained as a draughtsman. He then secured a job with the Indian Civil Service. In 1871 he returned to England due to health issues.

He spent the next ten years working as an engineer in Limestone quarries responsible for machinery but also had some involvement with railways and associated structures. In 1882 he moved fully into railways serving as a resident engineer responsible for construction and maintenance for different railways as the years rolled by. That included the Scarborough and Whitby railway, the Mersey railway, the Liverpool overhead railway and eventually the Great Central Railway.

He joined the Great Central in 1896 and remaned with the company until his retirement from full time employment in 1911, although he continued with the company in a consulting capacity.

Charles Rowlandson had become a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1888. He died in 1932 at the age of 86.

In 1912 he was the engineer for the construction of the King George V bridge at Keadby on the River Trent.

sources:

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Arthur_Rowlandson.

The Engineer 1932/01/15