Basic Biographical Details Name: | Peter Kydd Hanton | Designation: | | Born: | 30 January 1884 | Died: | 1963 | Bio Notes: | Peter Kydd Hanton was born on 30 January 1884 and articled to Hugh Gavin in Arbroath from 1899 to 1904, during which period he attended Patrick Hill Thoms' classes at Dundee Technical College. In 1904 he moved to the recently opened Edinburgh practice of Gordon Lorimer Wright, a pupil of Burnet who had studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and had American experience, which enabled him to study at the School of Applied Art. In 1905 he moved to London, first to the office of Edward Harding Payne, and a year later to Middlesex Education Committee's architectural department, so that he could study at the Royal Academy Schools and take the qualifying exam, which he did in 1907. He was admitted ARIBA on 2 March 1908, his proposers being Thoms, his original tutor in Dundee, Aston Webb, and Reginald Blomfeld.
In 1909 he joined H M Office of Works in London, seemingly as a temporary assistant, but the post was made permanent in 1910. In 1920 he was promoted to Senior Architect and was given charge of one of the housing sections of the Office. From 1925 he was occupied with the erection of telephone and employment exchanges. He was still in the Office of Works when he was elected FRIBA in late 1933, his proposers being Sir Richard Allison, William Thomas Curtis and David Thomson.
He died in Chipping Norton in 1963, his death being registered between July and September of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | | 1905 | | | 45, Lincoln Road, East Finchley, London, England | Private | 1907 * | | | | Ridge Side, Totteridge Green, Hertfordshire, England | Private | 1933 * | | |
* 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 | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 16 August 1963 | v205 | | p329 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v17 p148 (microfilm reel 19); F no3155 (box 18) |
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