Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Hoey Craigie | Designation: | | Born: | 7 May 1870 | Died: | 30 March 1930 | Bio Notes: | James Hoey Craigie was born at 98 Gloucester Street, Tradeston on 7 May 1870, the son of James Craigie, drapery warehouseman and Magdalene Hoey. He was educated at Glasgow High School, and apprenticed to James Hamilton from 1885 to 1890. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and at the Technical College from 1890 while successively in the offices of Bruce & Hay, John Bennie Wilson and A Lindsay Miller. In 1894 he won the Alexander Thomson travelling scholarship which he spent in France and Italy from September that year until March 1895. It secured him a temporary place in the office of William James Anderson on his return, probably with the object of assisting with the latter's books. Only two months later he joined the office of Clarke & Bell & R A Bryden as George Bell II's principal assistant. In early 1901 Bell submitted a design by Craigie for the limited competition for the Glasgow Technical College, the design being placed second by the professional staff. Bell seems by 1902 to have been concerned to secure Craigie's position within the firm, as his Graeco-Baroque was more in touch with the times than Bryden's free Renaissance and better able to compete with Burnet, Campbell and Sandilands; and on 1 January 1905 he was made a partner, the firm's name changing to Clarke & Bell & J H Craigie. By that time he had undertaken futher travels, spending three weeks in Belgium in 1901, and in the year he was taken into partnership he spent a further two weeks in France.
Craigie was admitted LRIBA on the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. He became FRIBA in early 1921, his proposers being John Watson, John Bennie Wilson and William Brown Whitie, by which time he was also a Fellow of the Scottish Institute of Architects and of the Glasgow Institute of Architects.
Craigie served as a captain in the Royal Engineers during the First World War, holding a commission in the 7th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry before the commencement of war. He served as a DCRE in Stirlingshire until 1917 and thereafter in France.
Craigie was married three times: to Elizabeth Forrest Herbert on 20 October 1899 at 14 West Princes Street, to Roberta Jean Thom on 6 November 1907 at Windsor Hotel, and to Ellen Clark Hogg on 3 July 1924 at 59 Union Street, all in Glasgow. He was a member of Cathcart Parish Council from 1913 and was its chairman in 1922-23. He died of liver cancer on 30 March 1930 at 42 Riverside Road, Newlands, Glasgow, leaving estate of £4,439 0s 10d, and was buried at Cathcart. The practice was continued thereafter by George Bell III under the same name. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 11, Grantly Street, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1892 | After 1896 | | | 12, Grantly Street, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1899 * | | | | 3, Riverside Road, Newlands, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1907 * | | | | Strathruddie/42, Riverside Road, Newlands, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1911 | 1930 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Watson | 1920 or 1921 | for Fellowship | | William Brown Whitie | 1920 or 1921 | for Fellowship | | John Bennie Wilson | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects | | John Bennie Wilson | 1920 or 1921 | for Fellowship |
RIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Robert Blain | Mid 1923 | for Associateship |
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ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Glasgow Herald | 1 April 1930 | | | Obituary | | RIBA Journal | 21 June 1930 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p598 Obituary by George Bell II |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v17 no1201; F no1763 (microfilm reel 14) |
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