Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Lanchester Lucas & Lodge
Designation:
Born:	c. 1923
Died:	c. 1928
Bio Notes:	Henry Vaughan Lanchester was born in London on 9 August 1863, the son of Henry Jones Lanchester, and was articled to his father in 1879. Thereafter he sought wider experience in the offices of Frederick James Eedle, Thomas William Cutler and George Campbell Sherrin, taking classes at the Royal Academy Schools and the Architectural Association, gaining the Aldwinckle Travelling Studentship and passing the qualifying examination in 1888, and winning the Owen Jones Studentship in 1889-90. He was admitted ARIBA on 18 November 1889, his proposers being Cutler, Stephen Salter and Aston Webb. In 1896 Lanchester formed a partnership with James S Stewart and Edwin Alfred Rickards. Stewart died tragically early on 3 August 1904, the firm then becoming Lanchester & Rickards. In 1912 Lanchester went to India to report on a site for New Delhi and the replanning of Madras and other Indian cities and acquired a large practice there. Rickards, who had suffered from indifferent health since a near collapse from overwork in 1913 looked after the London office. He volunteered for military service in 1916 but was invalided out after three months. He became seriously ill in 1919 and died in Bournemouth on 29 August 1920. Because of Rickards's illness Lanchester took Thomas Geoffry [sic] Lucas into partnership in 1919 and in 1923 Lucas's former assistant Thomas Arthur Lodge.

Employment and Training

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Thomas Arthur Lodge	1923	1928	Partner
	John Wishart Macgregor	1924	1926	Assistant

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		John Wishart Macgregor: L no4753 (Combined Box 33)