Sir Richard Topham Hatt

Early Life
Richard Topham Hatt was born on October 17 1878 in Wellsworth Hospital to Bertram Topham Hatt and Jane Brown-Hatt. When he was 14, he was an apprentice as the Swindon engine works on the Great Western Railway. During this time, he struck a friendship with a fellow apprentice named William Stanier.

Richard came back to Sodor around 1901 and became an engineer on the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway. On June 3 1914, the Wellsworth and Suddery, Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge and the S&M railways dissolved and formed together to make the North Western Railway. He then became the controller of the whole railway. In 1915, the railway offically opened and a line from Knapford to Vicarstown was established

Marriage & Children
In July 12th 1921, Richard married Margaret Sinclair, a baker from Knapford Bakery.

Season 1

 * "Number One"
 * "Experience"
 * "Two of Blue"
 * "The War To End All Wars"
 * "Green and Girders"