Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Smith Peace (senior) | Designation: | | Born: | 24 August 1844 | Died: | 12 April 1934 | Bio Notes: | Thomas Smith Peace was born on 24 August 1844 in Shapinsay and apprenticed to his father, William Balfour Peace, who was a wood merchant and building contractor. His mother was Jane Smith. On completion of his apprenticeship he then went to Peterhead as clerk and draughtsman to the builder who had been contracted for King's College, Aberdeen. There he came to the attention of Robert Matheson, and joined him in the Edinburgh Office of the Office of Works, working on the Post Office alongside Charles Doyle. In the later 1860s he returned to Kirkwall to commence practice on his own account. He was a prominent Freemason and Commodore of the Orkney Sailing Club, building his own yacht, Njala.
In 1891 Peace's nephew of the same name, born in 1874, became an apprentice, remaining as assistant until 1898 when he sought wider experience with Hippolyte Jean Blanc, whom his uncle had probably known through the King's College works in Aberdeen. He returned to his uncle's practice in 1902, where he remained until called up during the First World War in which he attained the rank of Major. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being Blanc, David Robertson and John Bryce. The younger Peace died in 1933; the practice was continued by his eighty-nine-year-old uncle who died the following year, on 12 April 1834. His wife, Margaret Mount Anderson, had predeceased him. In addition to their known works, the Peaces undertook commissions for business premises such as bakers and drapers, none of which have been identified. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland | Private/business | Before 1891 | After 1911 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Burgher, Leslie | 1991 | Orkney: an illustrated architectural guide | | | p5 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 28 April 1933 | v144 | | p704 - obituary of the younger Peace | | RIBA Journal | 13 May 1933 | v40 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p558 - obituary of the younger Peace |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | |
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