Sir Henry Cecil Johnson, was a British railway executive who served as chairman of British Rail. Johnson began the sale and development of surplus railway land and established the British Rail Property Board in 1970. The finances of British Railways improved under Johnson's chairmanship and when he left in 1971, British Rail had a surplus of £9.7 million. Sir Peter Parker, a later Chairman, ‘admired his honesty and courage', describing him as ‘straight as a gun barrel’.
- Occupation
- chief executive officer, railway executive
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
- Born
- 1906
- Died
- 1988
