Architects

Name:

Robert Jonas Gildard

Designation :

Architect

Date of Birth:

Year Only

Exact DOB:

28/05/1926

Year of Birth :

1868

Circa Year of Birth :

Date of Birth Before (Year):

Date of Birth After (Year):

DOB (1st 'Or' Year):

DOB (2nd 'Or' Year):

Date of Death:

Exact Date

Exact DOD:

03/06/1944

Year of Death:

Circa Year of Death:

Date of Death Before (Year):

Date of Death After (Year):

DOD (1st 'Or' Year):

DOD (2nd 'Or' Year):

Town of Birth :

Ayr

Bio Notes :

Robert Jonas Gildard was born in Ayr in 1868, the son of James Gildard (b.1829) in Bonhill and who was a hotel keeper in Ayr and Argyll, and his wife Helen MacFarlane, who had married in Anderston, Glasgow on 28th April 1864.

James's brother was the architect Thomas Gildard (1822-95).

Robert was closely associated with Tait Conner and Henry Mitchell, went out to South Africa and worked there with Conner and Sir Herbert Baker; he had previously worked in the Edinburgh City Architect's Office under Robert Morham on the Fire Station. He also exhibited a sketch design for a public hall at the RSA in 1900.

He appears to have been working under Ebenezer James MacRae from at least 1920 into the early 1930s and his initials appear on drawings for the block of shops at Saughton Golf Course.

Died suddenly at 8 Gillsland Road on 3 June 1944 aged 76. 'Architect, late of City Architects Department, Edinburgh'. He left an estate of £7125.

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

Bio Notes continued...

Additional Notes

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

Business Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
21 Marchmont Crescent Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1900
South Africa	Business

row(s) 1 - 2 of 2

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

Employers2 classic

Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Ebenezer James MacRae	200699	In year 1926	1930s	Assistant	In Edinburgh City Architect's Department

row(s) 1 - 1 of 1

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

Buildings and Designs2 classic

Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Glasgow Necropolis, Monument to Thomas Gildard	In year 1896		Glasgow	Scotland
Central Fire Station	In year 1897		Edinburgh	Scotland	Responsible for the drawings
Public Hall	In year 1900			Scotland
Saughton Golf Course - Council housing scheme	In year 1932	Saughton	Edinburgh	Scotland	Designed stone faced block of shops

row(s) 1 - 4 of 4

The following archives hold material relating to this person:

Arc ref classic

Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Research by Alexander Wright
Censuses	Census records online	201011

row(s) 1 - 2 of 2

Basic Biographic Details

Addresses

Business Addresses

Business Addresses2 classic

Employment and Training

Employers2 classic

Buildings and Designs

Buildings and Designs2 classic

References

Archive References

Arc ref classic