Architects

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Thomas Andrew Millar

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Architect

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04/05/1926

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1880

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25/01/1922

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Thomas Andrew Millar was born in 1880, the son of James Millar, builder, property owner and later architect. He was educated at Glasgow Academy. He was articled to Baird & Thomson from 1898 to 1902 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and Alexander McGibbon. He then went on a six-month study tour of Italy, and returned to become a draughtsman in James Miller's office, from which he made two visits to Spain. He commenced practice in 1905 with another of James Miller's assistants, Alexander McInnes Gardner, their office being at 144 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Both partners were admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects; by that date Miller had made further study tours in France and Holland. In addition to their known works, Millar's nomination papers mention 'a considerabal [sic] amount of remodelling of commercial property in Glasgow'. The partnership of Gardner & Miller lasted until 1912 when it was amicably dissolved.

After war service Millar recommenced practice at 9 Blythswood Square. At the end of 1921 he fell victim to the influenza epidemic and died of pneumonia on 25 January 1922 at age 41, leaving a widow, Mary Reid Morton, and four children. Millar came of an affluent background: his practice consisted wholly of large Arts and Crafts-influenced houses of considerable refinement, neo Tudor at East Rowantreehill and Scottish vernacular at the others. He left moveable estate of £47,931 8s 11d.

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

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
Boghall Baldernock/Milngavie Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
16 Kew Terrace Kelvinside Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
5 Claremont Terrace Glasgow Scotland	Business	1904
144 St Vincent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1905	c. 1912
122 Wellington Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1914
9 Blythswood Square Glasgow Scotland	Business	c. 1919	1922

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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
Baird & Thomson	100129	1898/02	In year 1902	Apprentice
James Miller	200001	In year 1902	In year 1904	Assistant
Gardner & Millar	200960	In year 1905	In year 1912	Draughtsman
Gardner & Whyte	205524	In year 1913	In year 1914	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
John Eadie Waddel Dallachy	204361	1921/11/11	c. 1925/11
Harry Anderson Mochrie	403483	In year 1915	In year 1921	Apprentice	interrupted by war service

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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 Bennie Wilson	201479	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects

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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	Island	City or County	Country	Notes
Sea Mill	Late 1800s	Seamill		Ayrshire	Scotland	Possibly villas by this practice
Houses	In year 1902	Perth		Perthshire	Scotland	As draughtsman to James Miller
Nodesdale House	After 1902	Largs (near)		Ayrshire	Scotland	As draughtsman to James Miller
Houses, Redlands	In year 1903	Kelvinside		Glasgow	Scotland	As draughtsman to James Miller
McGilvray's Buildings	In year 1905	Oban		Argyll	Scotland
Tenement, 18 Battery Place	In year 1905	Rothesay	Bute	Bute	Scotland
Woodlands House	In year 1905	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland
Birkwood	c. 1905	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Attribution on grounds of stylistic similarity to Woodlands, Symington.
Carlton	c. 1905	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Attribution on stylistic grounds - by comparison with Woodlands.
Westerton	After 1905	Milngavie		Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Interior decoration
Rosebank	After 1905	Largs		Ayrshire	Scotland	Additions
Tea House, 144 St Vincent Street	In year 1906			Glasgow	Scotland
House at Jaegersfontein	In year 1906			Jaegersfontein/Jagersfontein	South Africa	Design exhibited
Lochgreen	In year 1906	Southwood, Troon		Ayrshire	Scotland	Executed house and designed interiors
Boghall House	In year 1907	Baldernock		Stirlingshire	Scotland	For himself

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Who's Who in Architecture		1914
Johnston, W T	Artists of Scotland	2003	Officina Publications CDROM

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIAS Quarterly		1922	Autumn	Obituary by A McInnes Gardner pp8-11

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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			L v19 no1460
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Additional research by Iain Paterson

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