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London Midland and Scottish Railway Company
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Date of Birth:
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Exact DOB:
23/10/1925
Year of Birth :
1923
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Date of Death:
Date Not Known
Exact DOD:
23/10/1925
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Bio Notes :
The London Midland and Scottish Railway Company was formed in 1923 when the 123 railway companies of Britain were amalgamated into four principal companies, the others being the Great Western Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway, and the Southern Railway. The London Midland and Scottish Railway Company included the former Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow & South Western Railway, among others.
An architectural 'development group' was set up in the early 1940s by the then deputy architect to the LMS Railway's engineering and planning division, Leslie Martin (under C H Hamlyn). The development group was dedicated to the pursuit of research, standardisation and dimensional coordination, and designed, for example, an experimental steel-framed prefabricated station in 1945.
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Additional Notes
Addresses
The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:
Business Addresses
Business Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From
Date From Type
Date To
Date To Type
Notes
Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland
Business
St Enoch Station Glasgow Scotland
Business
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Employees or Pupils
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
Harold Haynes Matthews
403625
1913/10
Assistant
William Hill Smith
400503
1936/02/01
After 1948
Senior Assistant
Horace James Dick Hamilton
204764
1937/06
1938/09
Assistant
In Glasgow office
Alex S G Geekie
206973
1939 or 1940
Architect
Robert Aitchison
400807
1939/01
1939/04
Assistant
Matthew Adam
100005
In year 1923
Architect
Divisional Architect
William A Robb
205846
In year 1923
In year 1923
Architect
Hugh Macpherson
204570
In year 1923
After 1938
Assistant
Robert Davidson Goodfellow
204375
In year 1923
In year 1924
Assistant
Joseph Arthur Smith
203427
In year 1923
After 1930
Architect
In Inverness office, as Architect and Surveyor for the Highland District (north of Perth)
Joseph McKay
202725
In year 1930
In year 1932
Assistant
Harold Haynes Matthews
403625
In year 1935
Senior Assistant
Joseph McKay
202725
In year 1937
In year 1939
Assistant
In London
(Sir) John Leslie Martin (known as Sir Leslie Martin)
401399
In year 1939
In year 1947
Principal Assistant
Richard Llewelyn Davies (Professor Lord)
400791
In year 1942
Architect
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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
Gleneagles Hotel
In year 1923
Gleneagles
Perthshire
Scotland
Turnberry Hotel and Railway Station
In year 1930
Turnberry
Ayrshire
Scotland
Staff hostel added
Central Station Hotel
In year 1930
Glasgow
Scotland
Alterations
Caledonian Hotel
In year 1930
Edinburgh
Scotland
Alterations
Kyle of Lochalsh Station Hotel
In year 1930
Kyle of Lochalsh
Ross & Cromarty
Scotland
With Harold Haynes Matthews as senior architect - rebuilding
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this person:
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Author
Title
Date
Publisher
Part
Notes
Glendinning, Miles
Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew
2008
RIBA Publishing
p94-5
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