Basic Biographical Details Name: | Emily Lind Maclennan (Mrs Linda Westwater) | Designation: | Architect | Born: | 13 January 1908 | Died: | 22 July 1996 | Bio Notes: | Emily Lind Maclennan was born on 13 January 1908, the daughter of Thomas Forbes Maclennan, architect, and his wife Euphemia Anderson Cathles. She studied under John Begg at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from October 1925 to June 1932 when she was awarded a post-graduate scholarship under the Andrew Grant Bequest. From 1928 to 1929 she worked in the office of Dick Peddie & Walker Todd and in late 1932 passed the qualifying exam and was elected ARIBA in early 1933, her proposers being John Begg, Thomas Forbes Maclennan and William Theodore Percival Bryce. In the 1930s she became a partner in her father's practice. By the late 1950s she had joined the firm of Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall.
She married Robert Heriot Westwater, artist, and was still living in Edinburgh in 1972, by which time she had adopted the name Linda instead of Emily Lind. She later divorced Westwater. She died on 22 July 1996 at Redwoods Nursing Home, Alness, which by then was her permanent address. She was survived by her son who lived in Glenaldie House, Tain. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this architect: | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 14, Cluny Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1933 * | | |  | 57, Melville Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1939 * | | Address also of her father, Thomas Forbes Maclennan. |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this architect: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | p239,252 |  | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |  | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this architect: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architects Journal | 19 June 1952 | | | p760 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this architect: | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes |  | H M Register House | Death Register | | |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no5078 (combined box 55) |
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