Basic Biographical Details

Name: Richard Henry Brunton
Designation:  
Born: December 1841
Died: 24 April 1901
Bio Notes: Richard Henry Brunton was born in December1841 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, the son of Richard Brunton and his wife Margaret Telfer. He trained as an engineer and after serving as chief engineer to the lighthouse department of the Japanese Government where he built thirty lighthouses, thirteen beacons and three buoys between October 1868 and March 1874, he returned to Scotland. He worked as manager of Young' s Paraffin Company of Glasgow and later bought, in conjunction with a young partner, a manufacturing business which produced architectural ornament. He ran his company for fifteen years 'acquiring during that period an extensive knowledge, not only of architecture and artistic ornamentation, but also of the details of special classes of buildings, such as theatres, hotels and large dwelling houses'. He later practised as an architect and engineer in London where he died in 1901 and was buried in South Norwood Cemetery.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 4London, EnglandBusiness 1901 
Item 2 of 4Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, ScotlandPrivate1841 *  
Item 3 of 4JapanPrivate/business18681874 
Item 4 of 4Glasgow, ScotlandBusinessAfter 1874  

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Buildings and Designs

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 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 1c. 1897Empire Palace Theatre  DublinEire 

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Minutes of Proc. of the Inst of Civil Engineers1901CXLVInstitution of Civil Engineerspp340-341