Maurice Fitzmaurice

This article is about the Irish engineer. For the admiral, see Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice. For the Irish hurler, see Maurice Fitzmaurice (hurler).

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
Born11 May 1861
Clogher, County Kerry, Ireland
Died17 November 1924(1924-11-17) (aged 63)
London, United Kingdom
Resting placeBrookwood Cemetery
EducationTrinity College, Dublin
SpouseIda Dickinson
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president),
American Society of Civil Engineers (hon),
Royal Society (fellow),
Society of Engineers (hon fellow),
ProjectsAswan Dam,
Forth Bridge,
Sennar Dam,

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice CMG (11 May 1861–17 November 1924) was an Irish civil engineer. He was apprenticed to Sir Benjamin Baker, and worked with him on the Forth Railway Bridge before going to Egypt to build the Aswan Dam, for which he was appointed both a member of the Ottoman Order of the Mejidiye and a companion of the British Order of St Michael and St George. Following this, Fitzmaurice was Chief Engineer to the London County Council and was responsible for the Blackwall, Rotherhithe and Woolwich tunnels. In later life his consultancy advised on docks and harbours across the British Empire, including the Sennar Dam in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan . He was recognised with the prestigious honour of the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1916-17 session.

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