Basic Biographical Details Name: | Sinclair & Ballantine | Designation: | | Born: | 1902 | Died: | 1909 | Bio Notes: | George Sinclair was born in 1869 and served his articles with Bruce & Hay and subsequently took employment with Stark & Rowntree, William James Anderson, and John Campbell McKellar. He passed the qualifying exam and was admitted ARIBA on 30 November 1896, his proposers being Campbell Douglas, Thomas Lennox Watson and C J MacLean. He commenced practice on his own account shortly thereafter. In 1902, he took into partnership a former colleague at McKellar's, John Ballantine. Born in 1874, Ballantine had been articled to McKellar in 1889, remaining with him as an assistant until he joined Sinclair. He had studied at Glasgow School of Art for six years and at the Technical College for four years, and in 1894 had won the Queen's Prize for Architectural Design.
The practice was initially fairly successful, partly due to Sinclair's connections in Caithness and Sutherland. It entered a large number of competitions for libraries and public halls in which it tended to come 2nd or 3rd, its more important successes being Rutherglen Public Library and the St Vincent Masonic Halls. The bread and butter aspect of the practice was tenements, work which dried up abruptly with the Finance Act of 1909. In that year the partnership was dissolved, Sinclair having obtained an appointment with the Inland Revenue Valuation Department. Ballantine obtained a job as an assistant with George Arthur & Son and Sinclair continued the practice alone at 95 Bath Street until he moved to Haddington. Ballantine then returned to 95 Bath Street and recommenced practice. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 95, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1902 | 1909 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Ballantine | 1902 | 1909 | Partner | | | George Sinclair | 1902 | 1909 | Partner | |
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