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Hamilton-Paterson & Rhind

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13/06/1926

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1898

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13/06/1926

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1905

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Robert Hamilton Paterson (his surnames were not originally hyphenated) was born in Edinburgh in 1843, the son of Thomas Paterson, architect to the Duke of Hamilton's estate, and was educated at Hamilton Academy. He was articled to James Turner of Hamilton, a branch office of the Dublin firm, followed by experience in an unspecified office in Edinburgh and with Cubitt & Co in London. He commenced practice in Edinburgh in 1870 and from his earliest years made a special study of the architectural and engineering requirements of brewers, maltsters and warehousemen. For some twenty-five years he held the position of architect and surveyor to the Police Commissioners of the County of Lanark.

In 1898 Hamilton Paterson took into partnership Thomas Duncan Rhind, with whom he is said to have studied. Rhind was born on 14 July 1871, the son of sculptor John Rhind and younger brother of William Birnie Rhind. Educated at George Watson's, he studied sculpture with his father and elder brother. He was articled to Hippolyte Jean Blanc in Edinburgh from 1887 to 1892, spending his holidays sketching around Scotland, in particular visiting the abbeys and cathedrals. On completing his apprenticeship he moved to London and spent six months in the offices of London County Council Architectural Department before moving to the firm of Gibson & Russell. He passed the qualifying exam in November 1894, and was elected ARIBA at the early age of 24 on 11 March 1895, his proposers being John Macvicar Anderson, Thomas Edward Collcutt and William Leiper. In 1902 he married Mary Elizabeth Gilbert, the elder daughter of W Matthews Gilbert.

The partnership was dissolved before 1906. Hamilton-Paterson then took into partnership his cousin Thomas Tolmie Paterson, the son of his father's much younger brother John, but shortly thereafter he became ill and had to withdraw from practice. Rhind thereafter practised alone in close association with his sculptor brother.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
10A George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1899		c. 1902

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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
(Sir) Thomas Duncan Rhind	100334	In year 1898	Before 1906	Partner
Robert Hamilton Paterson (or Robert Hamilton-Paterson)	100340	In year 1898	c. 1905	Partner
William Dean	200730	In year 1900	1900 or 1901
Thomas Aikman Swan	202929	In year 1900	Before 1906	Apprentice
George Gavin Lawson	406834	c. 1900	c. 1905

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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
Macvitties Guest & Co / McVities Guest & Co shop and tea room	In year 1900		Edinburgh	Scotland	Original L-plan development round the corner house
Business Premises, Randolph Place	c. 1900		Edinburgh	Scotland
The Hollies	1900 or 1901	Barnton	Edinburgh	Scotland
83 George Street	In year 1901		Edinburgh	Scotland
Queen Victoria Memorial	In year 1902		Liverpool	England	Competition design
St Giles Cathedral, Royal Scots Boer Memorial	In year 1903		Edinburgh	Scotland
St Rule's	In year 1903	Dunbar	East Lothian	Scotland
Norham	In year 1904	North Berwick	East Lothian	Scotland
Unspecified country house, no 1	In year 1905
Unspecified country house, no 2	In year 1905			Scotland
Business premises at Bathgate	In year 1906	Bathgate	West Lothian	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Pearson, Lynn	British Breweries	1999
Post Office Directories
Eddington, A	Contemporary Biographies	1904	WT Pike and Co., Pike's New Century Series, no. 12	Edinburgh and the Lothians	Hamilton Paterson
Who Was Who	Who was Who				Rhind

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