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Ernest George & Yeates

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06/02/1926

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1892

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Ernest George was born in Southwark, London on 13 June 1839 and articled to the London architect Samuel Hewitt 1856-60. In 1857 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, winning its Gold Medal in 1859. For a few months in 1860-61 he was in the office of William Allen Boulnois before embarking on a sketching tour in France and Germany and setting up practice with another Royal Academy Schools student, Thomas Vaughan, born c. 1839, who had won three silver medals there. Vaughan died in 1874 and in 1876 George entered into a second partnership with Harold Ainsworth Pert, born at Somerteyton, Suffolk on 11 June 1854, son of Samuel Peto, railway contractor. Peto had originally trained as a joiner with Lucas Brothers, builders, before joining the office of John Louth Clemence at Lowerstoft for one year and Kerslake and Martiner for two years. After a study tour of Italy, Germany and France he briefly worked with his brothers' contracting firm, Peto Brothers, from 1875. Thereafter the practice was remarkably successful in part through Peto's connections.

Ill health obliged Peto to withdraw from the partnership in 1892, although he went on to establish an equally important independent reputation as an architect of gardens. In the same year George formed a partnership with his chief assistant Alfred Bowman Yeates, who had been born in 1867 and was also a product of the Royal Academy Schools while articled to Arthur Cates.

George was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1896, belatedly elected ARA in 1910, knighted in 1911, and made RA in 1917. He died in London on 15 December 1922. Yeates retired in 1935 and died on 6 May 1944; Peto had died in April 1933.

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

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
18 Maddox Street London England	Business	1892		After 1914

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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
John Stuart	205325	1896/08	Before 1899	Assistant
Henry Blackadder	201754	1903/06	In year 1911	Assistant
(Captain) Eric Sinclair Bell	100181	After 1913	In year 1914	Assistant
Ernest George	201238	In year 1892	In year 1922	Partner
Alfred Bowman Yeates	203986	In year 1892	In year 1935	Partner
Thomas Harold Hughes	201631	In year 1910	In year 1911	Assistant

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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
War Memorial, Berriedale	In year 1919	Berriedale		Caithness	Scotland

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