Alexander Valentine
| Sir Alexander Valentine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 December 1899 |
| Died | 1 December 1977 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Transport Administrator |
| Title | Chairman of London Transport Executive/London Transport Board |
| Term | 1959–1965 |
| Predecessor | Sir John Elliot |
| Successor | Sir Maurice Holmes |
Sir Alexander (Alec) Balmain Bruce Valentine OStJ MA (22 December 1899 – 1 December 1977), was Chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1959 to 1963 and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1963 to 1965.
Valentine was born in , the son of Mr & Mrs Millward Valentine and grandson of Scottish theologian Alexander Balmain Bruce. He married Beryl Barter in 1936 and the couple had three children, one son and two daughters.
Valentine was educated at Highgate School and Worcester College, Oxford before working in the gas industry until 1927. In 1928, he moved to the Underground Group where he worked as assistant to its Managing Director Frank Pick. After the Underground Group was absorbed into the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933, he remained with Pick (who became the LPTB's Vice Chairman) until 1936. Valentine then held a series of senior management positions within the LPTB including Chief Commercial Officer and Operating Manager (Railways).
When the LPTB was nationalised in 1948, Valentine was made a member of the board of the London Transport Executive (LTE), the LPTB's replacement. He was also a member of the London Plan Working Party between 1946 and 1948 which led planning for new transport routes in the capital including the Victoria line built in the 1960s and 1970s. He served on the LTE board until 1954 when he moved to the board of the LTE's parent, the British Transport Commission (BTC). In 1959, while remaining a member of the BTC board, he returned to the LTE as its Chairman and remained in that position until the LTE was abolished and replaced with the London Transport Board of which he was also Chairman until he retired in 1965.
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