Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Ritchie | Designation: | | Born: | 1835 | Died: | 4 March 1910 | Bio Notes: | James Ritchie was born in 1835, the son of William Ritchie, farmer and Margaret Craig. He married Jane Gordon, sister of the architect John Gordon on 15 December 1859 at 50 Eglinton Street, Glasgow: the ceremony was Free Church. Ritchie first appears as a senior assistant to James Salmon c.1862-63, but whether he had been a pupil is not known. He disappeared from the directories in 1864-67 when he may have been working elsewhere, possibly in England, but in 1868 he reappears as Salmon and his son William Forrest Salmon's partner as Salmon Son & Ritchie at 141 West George Street. This partnership was dissolved c.1872, Ritchie thereafter practising alone.
At the time of the 1891 census all three of his children - William (30, an architect), Jessie M (29) and James (26, a measurer) - were living in the parental home. The elder James Ritchie died of nepalic cirrhosis on 4 March 1910 at 9 Woodstock Drive, Merrylee Park, Cathcart, leaving moveable estate of £738 2s 1d. His wife survived him. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 200, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | | | | | 97, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1874 | c. 1880 | Worked on his own at this address. | | 94, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1886 * | | | | 28, Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1888 * | 1891 | | | 209, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1888 | After 1910 | | | 9, Woodstock Drive, Merrylee Park, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1910 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 Salmon (senior) | 1862 or 1863 | 1864(?) | Senior Assistant | | | Salmon, Son & Ritchie | 1867 or 1868 | 1872 | Partner | |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | George Gunn | November 1886 | January 1891 | Apprentice | | | David Henry Hunter | 1894 | 1898 | Apprentice | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Nick Gordon, great great grandson of John Gordon's brother | Information supplied to Dictionary | | Sent 20 February 2016 | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson |
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