Basic Biographical Details | Name: | James Smith Findlay | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1 November 1884 | | Died: | 1973 | | Bio Notes: | James Smith Findlay was born on 1 November 1884 at 45 South College Street, Elgin, Morayshire, the son of James Smith Findlay, grocer, and his wife Margaret Morrison. He was articled to the City Architect in that city in 1900. After completing his articles he moved south and spent four years in the office of Dietmar Blow. He then moved to what was probably a more senior post with Sydney Decimus Kitson in Oxford where part of his job was supervising work on site (?). He remained with Kitson for several years. His career was interrupted by military service during the Secodn World War. He spent two years with the Artists Rifles.
After the war he took a post as a private architect to a large contracting firm. At the time of his election to the RIBA in 1936 he was working for the Education Authority in Leeds where he had been for six years. By the mid-1950s he had moved to Lincolnshire.
Findlay died in Lincoln between October and December 1973. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Civic Hall, Leeds, Scotland | Business | 1932 | | | | 21, St Michael's Crescent, Headingley, Leeds, England | Private | 1936 | | | | The Thatchings, Wickenby, Lincoln, England | Private | c. 1956 | | | | Glebe Cottage, Holton-cum-Beckering, Wragby, Lincolnshire, Scotland | Private | 1963 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers| The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Sydney Decimus Kitson | 30 November 1936 | For Licentiateship |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1956 | Kalendar 1956-57 | | | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64 | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | National Archives (via Scotlands People) | Statutory births | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no4562 (Combined Box 21) |
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