George Hudson George Hudson George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King" – a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844. Hudson played a significant role in linking London to Edinburgh by rail, carrying out the first major merging of railway companies (the Midland Railway), developing his hometown of York into a major railway junction, and represented Sunderland in the House of Commons. Hudson's success was built on dubious financial practices
George LeRoy Hudson George LeRoy Hudson George E. LeRoy Hudson (August 4, 1883 – January 14, 1952) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Hudson was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1913 Alberta general election, winning the new Wainwright electoral district for the Conservative party in a hotly contested election over Liberal candidate H.Y. Pawling in which he won by less than 100 votes. Hudson was re-elected to his second term in the Legislature in the 1917 Alberta general election by acclamation under section 38 of the "Election Act" that stipulated that Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who went