Samuel
Laing
was born in 1812. He was educated at Cambridge and in 1840 became
law clerk in the Railway Department of the Board of Trade.
Laing worked with William Gladstone
in drafting the 1844 Railway Act.
After leaving the Board of Trade
Laing became chairman of the London &
Brighton Railway in 1848. Ever since his time in the Railway Department,
Laing had supported cheap travel for the poor and was the main figure
behind the London & Brighton excursion
business. Samuel Laing died in 1897.
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