Basic Biographical Details Name: | Allan Stewart McNair | Designation: | | Born: | 7 September 1890 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Allan Stewart McNair was born in Paisley on 7 September 1890. On 19 December 1904 he was articled to J Craig Barr & Cook, remaining there as chief draughtsman after completing his apprenticeship, and studying at Paisley Technical College. He moved to Coatbridge in October 1912 to become chief draughtsman to James Davidson & Son, leaving to take up a position as assistant valuer for the Inland Revenue Land Valuation Department in June the following year.
He left the Inland Revenue in November 1915 and in 1916 commenced military service, probably in the Far East as on completion of his duties in May 1919 he joined the firm of Stark & McNeill in Penang, Malaysia, being given full charge of their branch office in Ipoh and also acting as building inspector to the Kinta Sanitary Board there. A deterioration in his health forced him to resign in July 1921 and by August 1922 he had returned to Scotland and taken employment as a temporary architectural draughtsman with the Greenock Corporation. In November the following year he was appointed chief draughtsman to James Milne Monro & Son in Glasgow, where he remained for a year. His movements from November 1924 to February 1925 are unknown but in the latter month he became Housing Architect for the Stirling Corporation, where in June 1926 he was promoted to the post of Chief Assistant Burgh Surveyor, Master of Works, Water Engineer and Architect. He was admitted LRIBA on 5 February 1934, on the strength of testimonials from past and present employers rather than the support of existing RIBA members. He remained in his Stirling Corporation post until at least 1939, by which time he had become a Fellow of the Stirling Society of Architects. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Municipal Buildings, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Business | 1925(?) | After 1939 | | | 1, Abbotsford Place, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | 1933 * | After 1950 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | 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 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no4351 (combined box 9) |
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