Basic Biographical Details Name: | Robert Mackison McNaught | Designation: | | Born: | 28 April 1898 | Died: | 1969 | Bio Notes: | Robert Mackison McNaught was born on 28 April 1898 and was articled to Alexander Cochran Denny of Dumbarton in 1912, the firm soon becoming Denny & Blain when William John Blain was taken into partnership later that year. Whilst there he studied at the Dumbarton School of Science & Art and at Glasgow School of Architecture. He served with the Royal Engineers in France during the First World War but on his demobilisation he resumed his studies, concurrently working as an assistant to Campbell & Hislop of Glasgow for a year before returning to Denny & Blain as chief assistant in 1920. He had been made a junior partner of the firm by the time of his admittance as ARIBA in late 1922, for which his proposers were William John Blain, David Salmond and William Brown Whitie, but he left in 1925 to move to Bolton as assistant and later chief assistant to Bradshaw Gass & Hope. He was made a full partner of the latter firm in January 1936, although the practice title remained unchanged.
He was elected FRIBA on 20 July 1943, proposed by Arthur John Hope, William John Blain and another. At that time he was still with Bradshaw Gass & Hope. he was elected ARIAS in 1956.
McNaught died in 1969, hsi death registered between April and June of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | British Linen Chambers/17, High Street, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Business | 1922 * | | With Denny & Blain | | 9, Levenford Place, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Private | 1922 * | | | | 19, Silverwell Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England | Business | Before 1929 | After 1960 | | | 5, Lightburn Avenue, Bolton, Lancashire, England | Private | 1943 * | After 1956 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1923 | St Luke's Episcopal Church and parsonage and hall | Dumbarton | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Communion rails and war memorial |
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no3574 (microfilm reel 27); F no3961 (box 30) |
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