Basic Biographical Details Name: | Hamilton-Paterson & Rhind | Designation: | | Born: | 1898 | Died: | c. 1905 | Bio Notes: | Robert Hamilton Paterson (his surnames were not originally hyphenated) was born in Edinburgh in 1843, the son of Thomas Paterson, architect to the Duke of Hamilton's estate, and was educated at Hamilton Academy. He was articled to James Turner of Hamilton, a branch office of the Dublin firm, followed by experience in an unspecified office in Edinburgh and with Cubitt & Co in London. He commenced practice in Edinburgh in 1870 and from his earliest years made a special study of the architectural and engineering requirements of brewers, maltsters and warehousemen. For some twenty-five years he held the position of architect and surveyor to the Police Commissioners of the County of Lanark.
In 1898 Hamilton Paterson took into partnership Thomas Duncan Rhind, with whom he is said to have studied. Rhind was born on 14 July 1871, the son of sculptor John Rhind and younger brother of William Birnie Rhind. Educated at George Watson's, he studied sculpture with his father and elder brother. He was articled to Hippolyte Jean Blanc in Edinburgh from 1887 to 1892, spending his holidays sketching around Scotland, in particular visiting the abbeys and cathedrals. On completing his apprenticeship he moved to London and spent six months in the offices of London County Council Architectural Department before moving to the firm of Gibson & Russell. He passed the qualifying exam in November 1894, and was elected ARIBA at the early age of 24 on 11 March 1895, his proposers being John Macvicar Anderson, Thomas Edward Collcutt and William Leiper. In 1902 he married Mary Elizabeth Gilbert, the elder daughter of W Matthews Gilbert.
The partnership was dissolved before 1906. Hamilton-Paterson then took into partnership his cousin Thomas Tolmie Paterson, the son of his father's much younger brother John, but shortly thereafter he became ill and had to withdraw from practice. Rhind thereafter practised alone in close association with his sculptor brother. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 10A, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | c. 1899 | c. 1902 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Eddington, A | 1904 | Contemporary Biographies | Edinburgh and the Lothians | WT Pike and Co., Pike's New Century Series, no. 12 | Hamilton Paterson | | Pearson, Lynn | 1999 | British Breweries | | | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | Who Was Who | | Who was Who | | | Rhind |
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