Basic Biographical Details Name: | Antoine William Roques | Designation: | | Born: | 18 November 1867 | Died: | February 1940 | Bio Notes: | Antoine William Roques was born in Edinburgh on 18 November 1867, probably the son of Casimir Jean Antoine Roques, and was articled to David Robertson in 1884. At the end of his apprenticeship, in 1887, he obtained a place in Rowand Anderson's office, but moved to London a year later to work for Frederick Thomas Pilkington, with whom he remained for three years. Thereafter he spent one year with Rowland Plumbe and two with Robert Clarke Edwards. He commenced independent practice in London in 1894, probably at 10 Basinghall Street which was his office by 1899 and where he remained until at least 1911. He was admitted LRIBA on 27 February of the latter year, his proposers being Charles Edward Hutchinson (from Plumbe's office), Alfred William Stephens Cross and Edward Harding Payne. His nomination paper states that he had at some point spent two years working in the Admiralty Works Department in Devonport.
By 1914 he appears to have been living and practising at Burgess Hill, Sussex, with a branch office at 16 George Street, Edinburgh. He served in the Royal Marines for two years during the First World War, and some time thereafter moved his office to 63 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. He was advanced to FRIBA in 1927, his proposers being Edwards, Giles Gilbert Scott and Banister Flight Fletcher.
He and died in 1940. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 10, Basinghall Street, London, England | Business | 1899 | After 1911 | | | 2, The Hawthorns, Church End, Finchley, London, England | Private | 1911 * | | | | Burgess Hill, Sussex, England | Private/business | 1914 * | | | | 16, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1914 * | | | | 63, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC, England | Business | 1927 * | | | | 12a, Eaton Road, Hampstead, London NW, England | Private | 1927 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Scotlands People Website | | Wills & Testaments | | | Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills Sc70/4/270 and Inventories SC70/1/323 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 23 February 1940 | | | p249 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v10 no591 (microfilm reel 32); F no2546 (box 8) |
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