Basic Biographical Details Name: | Horace James Dick Hamilton | Designation: | | Born: | 23 March 1915 | Died: | 9 June 2007 | Bio Notes: | Horace James Dick Hamilton was born on 23 March 1915, the son of George Hamilton, joiner, and his wife Jessie Jane Fairgrieve. He was articled to Wylie, Wright & Wylie in October 1932, studying at Glasgow School of Architecture. He remained with the same firm for the full five years of his apprenticeship, by the end of which it had become Wylie, Shanks & Wylie, and on receiving his course certificate in June 1937 joined the office of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company as an assistant, being promoted to draughtsman the following year returning to his studies at the School of Architecture and Technical College in September 1938 to obtain his diploma. Hamilton was practising at 8 Park Avenue, Glasgow c.1939. He passed the Professional Practice exam in Edinburgh in December 1940 and was admitted ARIBA on 4 March 1941, his proposers being Thomas Harold Hughes and William James Smith of the Glasgow School of Architecture, and Andrew Graham Henderson. By that time he had joined the staff of Rolls-Royce Ltd in Glasgow as chief architect.
He worked on the temporary housing programme for the Ministry of Works in 1946, and from 1947 onwards practised in Motherwell as Wilson, Hamilton & Wilson. These are almost certainly Andrew Victor Wilson and his son whoc was an engineer. Andrew Victor Wilson died in 1946 and it seems very likely that Hamilton took over his practice. The other Wilson was probably Andrew James B Wilson who was an engineer and Andrew Victor Wilson's son. Hamilton retired in the 1970s, sometime before 1979. He was elected FRIBA in 1955, proposed by Alexander Wright, Lockhart Hutson and James Macneil Cowie.
He was a Fellow of the RIAS (electwed 1955). He died on 9 June 2007 at his home in Bearsden. His wife Jessie Hyne Blackie had predeceased him. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Buchanan Lodge, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | | 2007 | | | 8, Park Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1939 | | | | 17, Merrick Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1940 * | | | | Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd, Hillington, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1940 | 1946 | | | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | 1947 | After 1955 | | | Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1947 | After 1955 | | | 5, Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1955 * | | | | 1, Springfield Avenue, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Private | c. 1955 * | | |
* 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 | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 28 April 1961 | | | 'Glasgow Institute of Architects' p829 - Hamilton elected vice-president along with A H Livingstone and T B Main | | Motherwell Times | 9 April 1947 | | | | | RIAS Chartered Architect | 2007 | v20, no2 | | Summer issue - death notice |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no7816 (stored under F5069, combined box 54); F no5069 (combined box 54) |
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