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Name:
Robert Dalglish (sometimes misspelt Robert Dalgleish)
Designation :
Architect
Date of Birth:
OR (2 Years Selected)
Exact DOB:
04/05/1926
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Date of Birth Before (Year):
Date of Birth After (Year):
DOB (1st 'Or' Year):
1838
DOB (2nd 'Or' Year):
1839
Date of Death:
Exact Date
Exact DOD:
25/01/1898
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Bio Notes :
Robert Dalglish (sometimes misspelt Dalgleish) was born in 1838 or 1839, the son of William Dalglish, mill manager and his wife Margaret McKell. He was assistant, if not a pupil of George Penrose Kennedy and was in partnership with him from at least 1861. His early practice, like Kennedy's, was mainly in West Perthshire associated with the Drummond Castle estate of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby. By the later 1860s the practice had moved to Glasgow, based at 160 Hope Street in 1868.
The partnership of Kennedy & Dalglish was dissolved in the difficult conditions following the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878, Kennedy remaining at 40 Union Street and Dalglish moving out to 178 St Vincent Street, where he remained until his death of a cerebral haemorrhage on 25 January 1898 at Reuther Cottage, Rutherglen, his age being given as fifty-nine. He was unmarried.
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Additional Notes
Addresses
The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:
Private Addresses
Private Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From Char
Date From Type
Date To Char
Date To Type
Notes
Reuther Cottage Rutherglen Lanarkshire Scotland
Private
Place of death
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Business Addresses
Business Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From
Date From Type
Date To
Date To Type
Notes
160 Hope Street Glasgow Scotland
Business
1868
178 St Vincent Street Glasgow Scotland
Business
Before 1888
After 1894
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Employment and Training
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
Notes
George Penrose Kennedy
200696
After 1852
Before 1861
Assistant
May initially have been apprentice
Kennedy & Dalglish (sometimes misspelt Kennedy & Dalgleish)
200703
Before 1861
In year 1878
Partner
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Buildings and Designs
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
Island
City or County
Country
Notes
Callander Free Church
In year 1861
Callander
Perthshire
Scotland
St Helenâs Church
In year 1864
Theddlethorpe St Helen
Lincolnshire
England
Trossachs Inn
In year 1864
Callander
Perthshire
Scotland
Rebuilding after fire
Culdees Castle
Before 1868
Muthill
Perthshire
Scotland
Formal gardens
Tulliallan Castle, gardens and lodge
Before 1868
Kincardine-on-Forth
Fife
Scotland
Formal gardens
Reformed Presbyterian Church
In year 1871
Rutherglen
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Rutherglen Town Hall
In year 1876
Rutherglen
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Addition of municipal offices - carried out in association with John Thomson
Blairtum Park
In year 1877
Rutherglen
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Congregational Church, Wardlawhill
In year 1881
Rutherglen
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Glasgow Municipal Buildings
c. 1881
Glasgow
Scotland
Competition design under a Crest with motto 'revirescum'
Woodlands School
In year 1882
Glasgow
Scotland
Caledonian Ironworks
In year 1889
Glasgow
Scotland
Woodside Public School
In year 1894
Glasgow
Scotland
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Bibliographic References
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Archive References
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Archive Name
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Source Cat No
Building Id
Item Name
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RIBA Biographical Files
British Architectural Library, RIBA
100004
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