Basic Biographical Details Name: | Frank Peyton Skipwith | Designation: | | Born: | 1881 | Died: | September 1915 | Bio Notes: | Frank Peyton Skipwith was born in 1881, educated at Cheam School and Neuenheim College, Heidelberg, and articled to London-based Scot James Glen Sivewright Gibson in 1903, remaining as an assistant and studying at the Architectural Association. He did not however take the qualifying exam and was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911, his proposers being Gibson, Charles James Blomfield and Horace Cowley Nesham Farquharson. In 1909, Gibson took Skipwith and his other senior assistant, Walter Symington Athol Gordon, into partnership.
Skipwith enlisted in the armed forces in the First World War and was killed in action in France in September 1915. He was survived by his widow, Bridget Vera Byng, daughter of George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington and Alice Arabella Jameson. The practice continued as Gibson & Gordon thereafter. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 5, Old Bond Street, London, England | Business | Before 1911 | After 1914 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | James Glen Sivewright Gibson | 1903 | 1909 | Apprentice | Remained as assistant, and senior assistant | | Gibson, Skipwith & Gordon | 1909 | 1914 or 1915 | Partner | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | After 1909 | Ravleston Dykes Golf Clubhouse | Murrayfield | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Unspecified work on Crossways |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | | | www.thepeerage.com | 2005 | www.thepeerage.com: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe | | Website: compiled by Darryl Lundy, New Zealand | |
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 v13 no848 |
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