Architects

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James Glen Sivewright Gibson

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Architect

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23/11/1861

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27/03/1951

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Bio Notes :

James Glen Sivewright Gibson was born in Arbroath on 23 November 1861, the son of William Gibson and Elizabeth Sivewright. He may have been a relative of Robert Gibson, civil engineer and architect, Dundee but was not a brother as has sometimes been assumed. He was articled to Ireland & Maclaren, Dundee, from 1877 to 1881, and was thereafter a draughtsman with Pearce Brothers, engineers, and then with Alexander Hutcheson. He then moved to London and worked for William Wallace, Harry Wilkinson Moore, and finally Thomas Edward Collcutt. At some point he travelled in France and Italy before commencing practice and passing the qualifying exam, both in 1889. He was admitted ARIBA, his proposers being the Dundee architect John Murray Robertson, Collcutt and James Brooks. In that year he commenced independent practice.

In 1890 he entered into partnership with Samuel Bridgman Russell, also from William Wallace's office. Born in 1864, Russell had been articled to Henry Hewitt Bridgman 1881-84 and had studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1882, thereafter becoming a draughtsman in the office of Thomas Chatfeild Clarke. The partnership of Gibson and Russell was dissolved in 1899, Russell entering into partnership with Edwin Cooper a few years later and eventually becoming Chief Architect to the Ministry of Health.

Thereafter Gibson practised in partnership with William Wallace until 1909 when he took into partnership his two senior assistants, Frank Peyton Skipwith and Walter Symington Athol Gordon. Born in 1881, Skipwith was educated at Cheam School and Neuenheim College, Heidelberg, and articled to Gibson in 1903, remaining as an assistant and studying at the Architectural Association. He did not however take the qualifying exam and was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911. Gordon, born in 1879, had been articled to Robert Rowand Anderson 1895-1901 and had studied under Frank Worthington Simon at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art prior to joining Gibson. Like Skipwith, Gibson did not take the qualifying exam, being elected LRIBA on 27 February 1911.

Skipwith enlisted in the armed forces in the First World War and was killed in action in France in September 1915. The practice continued thereafter as Gibson & Gordon.

Gibson died on 27 March 1951 at the age of ninety. He had a remarkable record of success in competitions, beginning with the LCC hostel in Drury Lane, London in 1891, the West Riding Offices in Wakefield, 1894, and the West Ham Technical College in 1895.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
40 Albany Street London England	Private
4 Gray's Inn Square London England	Private/business
27 Beckwith Road Herne Hill London England	Private
2 Devonshire Terrace Marylebone London England	Private/business
Dundee Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
27a Old Bond Street London W England	Business
11 Little Queen Street Westminster London England	Business
4 Gray's Inn Square London England	Private/business
5 Old Bond Street London England	Business
2 Devonshire Terrace Marylebone London England	Private/business

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
William Wallace	200526	After 1881	Before 1890	Assistant
Harry Wilkinson Moore	203996	After 1881	Before 1890	Assistant
Thomas Edward Collcutt	202065	After 1881	In year 1890	Assistant
Alexander Hutcheson	201022	After 1881	Before 1890	Assistant
Gibson & Gordon	205057	After 1914	After 1922	Partner
Ireland & Maclaren	200953	In year 1877	In year 1881	Apprentice
Gibson & Russell	201222	In year 1890	In year 1899	Partner
Gibson, Skipwith & Gordon	201225	In year 1909	1914 or 1915	Partner
Wallace & Gibson	205438	c. 1900	In year 1909	Partner

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The following individuals were employed or trained by this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Francis Runcie Chalmers	203458	1903 or 1904	In year 1904	Assistant
Herbert Ryle	202916	1904/09/24	After 1905	Assistant
James Herbert Belfrage	202143	After 1899	Before 1902	Assistant
John Myrtle Smith	203567	After 1900	Before 1906	Assistant
James Black Fulton	201153	After 1901	Before 1903	Assistant
John Stuart Syme	203537	In year 1898	In year 1899	Assistant
Godfrey Daniel Bower Shepherd	202106	In year 1899	In year 1900	Assistant
William Fleming Wilkie	203568	In year 1899	In year 1900	Assistant
Walter Symington Athol Gordon	201224	In year 1901	In year 1909	Chief Assistant
Frank Peyton Skipwith	201223	In year 1903	In year 1909	Apprentice	Remained as assistant, and senior assistant
James Watson-Jerdan	201712	In year 1904	In year 1904	Draughtsman
Thomas Munro Logan	201952	In year 1905	In year 1906	Assistant
David John Chisholm	200772	In year 1910	In year 1911	Assistant
Harry Benvie Kebel Smith	403866	c. 1933		Assistant

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
John Murray Robertson	200015	1890/06/16	for Associateship
Thomas Edward Collcutt	202065	1890/06/16	for Associateship
James Brooks	200211	1890/06/16	for Associateship
(Sir) John James Burnet	200088	1902/05/02	for Fellowship
Leonard Aloysius Scott Stokes	202235	1902/05/02	for Fellowship
Francis Thomas Baggallay (or Frank Thomas Baggallay)	203153	1902/05/02	for Fellowship

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This person proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
Herbert Ryle	1906/03/05	for Associateship
Henry Thomas Wright	1906/06/11	for Fellowship
James Black Fulton	1906/12/03	for Associateship
William Fleming Wilkie	1906/12/03	for Fellowship
John Donald Mills	Late 1906s	for Fellowship
Patrick Hill Thoms	Mid 1906s	for Fellowship
John Myrtle Smith	1907/03/04	for Associateship
Godfrey Daniel Bower Shepherd	1907/12/02	for Fellowship
George McLean Ford	1908/06/01	for Fellowship
William Finlayson	1910/07/04	for Licentiateship
Arthur James Driver	1911/01/30	for Licentiateship
Walter Symington Athol Gordon	1911/02/27	for Licentiateship
Harry Edward East	1911/03/20	for Licentiateship
Frank Peyton Skipwith	1911/03/20	for Licentiateship
Thomas Munro Logan	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
London County Council Municipal Lodging House	In year 1890		London	England	Won competition
St Pancras Municipal Buildings	In year 1892	St Pancras	London	England	Second (or third?) premiated competition design
North Bridge	In year 1896		Edinburgh	Scotland	Competition design - placed second for buildings flanking approach (Â£150 premium)
Town Hall	In year 1897		Cardiff	Wales	Second premiated competition design
Bromley Hospital	In year 1898	Bromley		England	Won competition
Walsall Town Hall	In year 1905	Walsall	Staffordshire	England
Business premises, Budge Row	In year 1905		London	England	Design exhibited
Prince of Wales Museum of Western India	In year 1908		Bombay	India	Competition design - not sccessful
Ravleston Dykes Golf Clubhouse	After 1909	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Scotland	Unspecified work on Crossways
Mertoun House	In year 1913	Mertoun	Berwickshire	Scotland	Extension to north

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIBA Journal		1951/06	*	p332

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			A v11 p41 (microfiche 47/A4); F v14 p38 no873 (microfilm reel 11)

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