Basic Biographical Details Name: | Sidney Toy | Designation: | | Born: | 1875 | Died: | 1967 | Bio Notes: | Sidney Toy was born in Redruth, Cornwall in 1875 and trained initially as an engineer, but commenced his architectural apprenticeship in 1902 at the late age of twenty-seven in the office of James Chalmers of Glasgow. He transferred to the London practice of William Douglas Caröe in 1904 and was appointed architectural expert to the Victoria Counties Histories of England and to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in 1908, commencing practice on his own account in Westminster the following year. He was admitted ARIBA on 3 December 1923, his proposers being Caröe, Alexander Godolphin Bond and William Henry Ward, and was elevated to FRIBA on 1 December the following year, again proposed by Caröe and Bond but this time with Philip Dalton Hepworth as his third proposer. Caröe described him as a 'receptive, studious, understanding & capable' assistant.
Toy died in 1967. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 29, Essex Street, Strand, London, England | Private/business | 1923 * | | | | 1, Cloisters, Temple, London, England | Private/business | 1924 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | James Chalmers | 1902 | 1904 | Apprentice(?) | | | William Douglas Caröe | 1904 | 1906 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building | 10 February 1967 | v212 | | p109 - obituary | | The Times | 6 February 1967 | | | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no3729 (microfilm reel 28); F no1989 (microfilm reel 16) |
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