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Henry ('Harry') Wilson

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27/03/1880

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01/11/1961

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Henry ('Harry') Wilson was born on 27 March 1880, the son of Henry Wilson, joiner journeyman, and his wife Ann Davidson. He was articled to George Deas Page of Falkirk in July 1895, attending classes at the Falkirk School of Art and Science. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1900 he moved first to Lerwick as assistant to John Morgan Aitken and then a year later to Glasgow as assistant to R MacLelland (probably a civil engineer), also spending some time in MacLelland's office in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. This move enabled Wilson to study at Glasgow School of Art under Alexander McGibbon.

In 1903 Wilson commenced independent practice in partnership with a slightly older apprentice at Page's, David Alexander Tait (born 1879), the firm being named Wilson & Tait and based in Grangemouth. Both architects were admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, Wilson's house being then at Carnach, Polmont and Tait's at Sunnylea, Ronaldshay Crescent, Grangemouth.

Wilson & Tait appear to have briefly had an office in Edinburgh at 122 George Street from about 1913-15. Presumably this was to to enable them to undertake a particular job in the city but this has not yet been traced. They also had a branch office in Jedburgh in the mid-1930s, presumably to oversee projects there.

Tait retired in 1937. In the same year Henry Wilson merged his practice with that of Strang & Wilson, James Strang also having retired in that year, the combined practice of Wilson & Wilson being now based in Strang's office at 39 Vicar Street, Falkirk. The surviving partner of Strang & Wilson, Robert Wilson, was not related to Henry Wilson and had been articled to an as yet unidentified practice in Falkirk before the First World War. At the end of it he had been admitted ARIBA under the war exemption scheme and had entered into partnership with Strang who was his uncle.

In 1940, by which time both Wilsons were Fellows of the Stirling Society of Architects, the partnership re-opened an office in Grangemouth, but it was closed again in 1943. Henry Wilson was elected FRIBA on 15 June of that year, his proposers being Alexander Nisbet Malcolm, Alastair Marshall McMichael and Eric Sinclair Bell; it must have been in preparation for this that he had been re-elected LRIBA on 17 November the previous year with the same proposers, presumably having allowed his membership to lapse. At this time he was President of the Stirling Society of Architects and was also a member of council of the RIAS. In 1955 Henry Wilson's son Rory was taken into partnership, Henry not retiring until 1960 at the age of 80. Robert Wilson died in October 1965; Henry had died on 11 January 1961 at 11 Park Terrace, Stirling. His wife Janet Ritchie had predeceased him but he was survived by his son.

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

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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
Carnach Polmont Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
Grangemouth Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
Sandy Loan Laurieston, Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
6 Cranshaw Drive Redding, Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
122 George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1913	c. 1915
39 Vicar Street Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	Before 1938	After 1942
2 Charing Cross Grangemouth Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	Before 1940	After 1943

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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
George Deas Page	202817	In year 1895	In year 1900	Apprentice
John Morgan Aitken	100015	In year 1900	In year 1901	Assistant
R MacLelland	204012	In year 1901	In year 1903	Assistant
Wilson & Tait	203721	In year 1903	In year 1937	Partner
Wilson & Wilson	204011	In year 1937	In year 1960	Partner

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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
(Captain) Eric Sinclair Bell	100181	1942/11/17	for Licentiateship
Alastair Marshall McMichael	202728	1942/11/17	for Licentiateship
Alexander Nisbet Malcolm	201996	1942/11/17	for Licentiateship
(Captain) Eric Sinclair Bell	100181	1943/06/15	for Fellowship
Alexander Nisbet Malcolm	201996	1943/06/15	for Fellowship
Alastair Marshall McMichael	202728	1943/06/15	for Fellowship

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This person proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
Alexander Abercrombie Wilkie	1946/07/09	For Associateship
Robert Mather Godfrey	1954/02/02	for Associateship

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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	City or County	Country	Notes
Royal Bank of Scotland	After 1903	Polmont\|Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland	Reconstruction
Business premises for A G Taylor	After 1903	Polmont\|Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Villa for J P MacKenzie	After 1903	Polmont\|Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Licensed premises and billiard rooms for A G Taylor	After 1903	Polmont\|Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Business premises for P M Urie	After 1903	Polmont\|Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Co-operative bakery, stables, byre, van shed etc	In year 1904	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Redding and Westquarter Church	In year 1906	Redding	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Grangemouth High School	In year 1908	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Grangemouth Parish Church	In year 1910	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Grange House, stables and stables cottage	c. 1910	Linlithgow	West Lothian	Scotland
61 High Street	In year 1919	Dunbar	East Lothian	Scotland
Housing scheme(s) for West Lothian County Council	After 1919		West Lothian	Scotland
Larbert East Church Hall	In year 1923	Larbert	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Two blocks of Flatted Dwellings, The Nurseries	In year 1925	Falkirk	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Kerse Parish Church Hall	In year 1929	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
Post Office Directories

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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 v21 no1681; L no5236 (combined box 65); F no3955 (box 30)
Death Register	H M Register House	100027

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