Dictionary of National Biography online, Sept. 12, 2007 (b. Dec. 12, 1812, d. Aug. 6, 1897; politician, author, and railway executive; wrote about science and foreign policy)
His Observations on Mr. Strutt's amended Railway regulation bill now before Parliament, 1847 t.p. (S. Laing, Esq., late secretary of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade)