Basic Biographical Details

Name:	James B Stewart & Alexander
Designation:
Born:	1898
Died:	1899
Bio Notes:	James Brown Stewart practised in Greenock in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1883 he was taken into partnership by William Gilmour Wilson but by 1893 the practice seems to have run out of work and the partnership was dissolved. Stewart who had good connections in Greenock and Port Glasgow continued to practise on his own. In 1893 James Montgomerie Alexander, born Greenock on 8 October 1874 was articled to him. In 1898 Alexander left at the end of his apprenticeship to gain wider experience with James Milne Monro in Glasgow, but was invited to return to the practice as a partner in the same year. Stewart died bon 7 December 1898 but the partnership must have prospered as in the following year the older and more experienced Joseph John Tough, born 1870 and also from Greenock, was became a partner, the practice name now becoming Stewart Tough & Alexander. James Montgomerie Alexander, born Greenock on 8 October 1874, was articled to him, 1893 and attended classes at Glasgow School of Art. In 1898 Alexander left at the end of his apprenticeship to gain wider experience with James Milne Monro in Glasgow, but was invited to return to the practice as a partner in the same year. The partnership must have prospered as in the following year the older and more experienced Joseph John Tough, born 1870 and also from Greenock, was invited to become a partner, the practice name now becoming Stewart Tough & Alexander. Tough had been articled to William Leiper in Glasgow in 1888 and had remained with him as an assistant, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and Greenock School of Art. Tough and Alexander were both admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911. Tough died in 1927.

Private and Business Addresses

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	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland	Business

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

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	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	James Brown Stewart	1898	1898	Partner
	James Montgomerie Alexander	1898	1899	Partner

Buildings and Designs

This 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
	1898	Baptist Church	Gourock		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1898	Church Halls	Greenock		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1898	School	Port Glasgow		Renfrewshire	Scotland	Extension

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