Basic Biographical Details Name: | Hamilton Neil | Designation: | | Born: | 1880 | Died: | 7 December 1932 | Bio Notes: | Hamilton Neil was born in 1880, the son of David Neil, farmer and Isabella McKaig. He was articled to James Donald in Paisley from 1897 to 1904, attending the Paisley School of Design and Paisley Technical College, the Glasgow and West Of Scotland Technical College and Glasgow School of Art where he won various bursaries and prizes which enabled him to spend some time on study tours of England, Ireland, Scotland & France. Thereafter he was briefly assistant to Robert Thomson and John Bennie Wilson before joining Charles James Halley as assistant c.1905, becoming his partner in 1906. They practised in Glasgow and Clydebank.
Neil was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects, of which he had become a member in 1907. Although the practice survived the Finance Act of 1909 and flourished as late as 1912, but the partnership was dissolved on 31 May 1914, Neil practising independently in Glasgow throughout the 1920s and 1930s. He was elected FRIBA in early 1921, his proposers being William Aitken Thomson, John Keppie and William Brown Whitie.
Neil married Elizabeth McLean. He died in Brabloch nursing home, Paisley on 7 December 1932 as a result of being knocked down by a motor car. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 153, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1911 * | | | | 6, Bouverie Avenue, Yoker, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private | 1911 * | | | | 11, Kilbowie Road, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Business | 1911 * | | | | 65, Kilbowie Street, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1911 * | 1914 | | | 157, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1914 * | After 1919 | Neil retained the St Vincent Street office after the dissolution of the partnership. | | Gateside, Renfrew Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private | 1920 * | | | | 163, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1924 | After 1934 | |
* 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 | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Edinburgh Gazette | 6 April 1915 | | | p529 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional information (parentage, marriage, death and addresses) from research by Iain Paterson |
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