Basic Biographical Details Name: | Duncan Menzies | Designation: | | Born: | 22 July 1837 | Died: | 24 July 1910 | Bio Notes: | Duncan Menzies was born on 22 July 1837. He appears to have been articled to Robert Bell of 25 St Patrick Square, Edinburgh (previously Dalkeith) and succeeded to his practice at the early age of twenty-one when Bell died on 24 February 1859. The practice then became Bell & Menzies, and was relocated to a more central address, 13 Young Street. In 1864 Menzies merged his practice with that of James W Stewart, CE, who was presumably older and more experienced, as Stewart & Menzies. Stewart closed his office at 73 George Street and the merged practices initially operated from Young Street but moved to 39 York Place in the mid-1870s, and stayed there for the remainder of Menzies's lifetime. Stewart appears to have died ot retired in about 1881 or 1882 and Menzies continued to practice alone.
In or about 1901 Menzies took Alexander W Cockburn into partnership, the practice title then becoming Menzies & Cockburn. In all these partnerships Menzies was as much a civil engineer as architect and was described as such when he died on 24 July 1910. He was buried at Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh and was survived by his wife Catherine Balfour (born 30 April 1845, died 4 June 1932).
Shortly after Menzies's death Cockburn merged the practice with that of William Henry Johnson as Menzies Cockburn & Johnson, the office moving from 39 York Place to no 33. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 25, St Patrick Square, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | Before 1864 | | | | 13, Young Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1868 * | c. 1877 | | | 44, Findhorn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1868 | 1870 | | | Annesley, Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1871 | c. 1877 | | | 39, York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | c. 1878 * | c. 1901(?) | | | 31, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1891 | 1910 | | | 33, York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1910 * | | |
* 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 | | William Henry Johnson (junior) | 1894 | 1899 | Apprentice | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | Mistakenly refers to him as Daniel Menzies | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Johnston, W T | | Scottish Engineers and Shipbuilders | | | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
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