Basic Biographical Details Name: | Wilfrid Fitzalan Crombie | Designation: | | Born: | 30 January 1882 | Died: | 8 October 1952 | Bio Notes: | Wilfrid Fitzalan Crombie was born on 30 January 1882 in Dumfries, into a long architectural lineage (see Alexander Crombie), the son of the Dumfries architect Alan Burgess Crombie and his second wife Elizabeth Jane McIlraith. He was articled to his father for two years from September 1896, leaving him to attend day classes with Charles Gourlay at Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College for eight months. In July 1899 he entered the office of Honeyman & Keppie (from 1901 Honeyman and Mackintosh), remaining there until 1903 when he returned to his father's practice as an assistant, having spent April and August of that year sketching in Holland and Belgium. On 29 November 1904 his father died, and at age twenty-two he took over the practice. In about 1905 he seems to have a formed a partnership with James Clark Mackenzie. However Mackenzie emigrated to Canada in late 1907.
Wilfrid Fitzalan Crombie was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, proposed by Alexander Nisbet Paterson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects, which Crombie had joined in 1907.
Crombie died aged 70 on 8 October 1952. He was survived by his wife, Charlotte Grierson.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Union Chambers/122, Irish Street (or Union Street?), Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1909 | After 1914 | Measurer's Companion gives Union Street in 1911 | | Beaumont, Edinburgh Road, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Private | 1912 * | After 1950 | | | 151, Irish Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Business | 1931 * | 1939 or after 1940(?) | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Robert Scott Skilling | 20 September 1909 | January 1914 | Apprentice | | | Ambrose Martin Thomson | 1920 | 1925 | Apprentice | |
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Alexander Nisbet Paterson | 24 June 1912 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Measurers\' Companion | 1911 | The Scottish Architects' and Measurers' Companion | | | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v23 no1893 |
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