Basic Biographical Details

Name: William James Walker Todd
Designation:  
Born: 6 February 1884
Died: 29 April 1944
Bio Notes: William James Walker Todd was born in Glasgow on 6 February 1884, the son of Ruthven Campbell Todd CA. He was educated at Fettes College and articled to Thomas Purves Marwick in January 1902. He travelled in Italy as early as 1903 and attended the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, which merged with Edinburgh College of Art while he was a student in 1902-07. While there he won the Diploma of Merit for his National Art Survey Work and the Royal Institution Travelling Studentship in 1907, these gaining him a place in Peddie's office on his return from a further spell of continental travel. He commenced practice on his own account at 44 Hanover Street in 1909, and was later joined by Sydney Houghton Miller (born May 1884), who had won the Pugin Studentship in that year. The two entered a formal partnership at 19 Young Street in 1914: designs made together before that date appear to have been in collaboration rather than in partnership, and earlier in that year Todd had briefly worked in association with Bailey Scott Murphy prior to the latter's death, although it is unclear whether a formal partnership had existed. What should have been the Todd & Miller partnership's major work, St David's Church at Dundee, was never realised despite a reduction in the design. The practice closed in 1915 when the partners were called up: Walker Todd served in France with the Royal Scots, reaching the rank of Captain.

In January 1920 John More Dick Peddie (born 1853) merged his practice with theirs as J M Dick Peddie & W J Walker Todd. Peddie retired in November of that year and appears to have taken most of the practice's library with him: his copy of Garner and Stratton's 'Domestic Architecture of England during the Tudor Period', now in the possession of Mrs Scott Duncan, has an inscription recording its gift to Walker Todd at that time.

Miller left the partnership in 1927 and opened his own office at 15 York Place. The reasons for his leaving are not known but the continued omission of his name from the practice title may have rankled. His place was taken by another former assistant, David John Chisholm, David John Chisholm, also born in 1884 and a contemporary of Miller's at George Watson's College, who had been articled to Peddie & Washington Browne for the unusually long period of 1901-08 and had subsequently sought experience elsewhere before rejoining the firm shortly after the end of the First World War. He was an exceptionally fine draughtsman with a profound knowledge of Gothic and Classic detail.

When Chisholm was taken into partnership he was the only member of the practice to be a member of the RIBA, but in March 1931 Walker Todd, at that time a member of the Council of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, was elected ARSA concurrently with his belated application for admission as LRIBA; his proposers were his old colleagues at Peddie & Washington Browne's, John Wilson and Robert Stirling Reid. His election as ARSA almost immediately brought about his admission as Fellow on the recommendation of the Council in November. Wilson (by then Chief Architect at the Department of Health for Scotland) reported to the Council that 'he is in my opinion one of the ablest architects we have in Scotland and his work proves that beyond doubt'. Wilson probably had Walker Todd's local authority housing in mind which was among the very best of its period.

In 1936 the partnership of Jamieson & Arnott was dissolved as a consequence of the enforced retirement of Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson through ill health. That partnership was then less busy than it had been and for reasons not entirely clear James Alexander Arnott left to practise alone. Jamieson's son, George Lindsay Auldjo Jamieson (born 1905), then sought a merger with Dick Peddie & Walker Todd. He brought to Dick Peddie & Walker Todd the Sydney Mitchell & Wilson archive, much of the Jamieson & Arnott archive and those clients who were his father's rather than Arnott's. The practice title then became Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson, letterheads of that time bearing the subhead 'incorporating Sydney Mitchell & Wilson' to leave no doubt that the Jamiesons had had the dominant financial interest in the Jamieson & Arnott partnership.

The practice conditions during the Second World War resulted in the merger of the Dick Peddie Todd & Jamieson and the Richardson & McKay practices in 1942, John Ross McKay having secured a lot of war work, perhaps more than he could find staff for. He quickly became the leading partner, particularly so after the death of Walker Todd on 29 April 1944, after which the firm continued as Dick Peddie McKay & Jamieson. Todd was survived by his wife Christian Craik Todd (maiden name as well as married name) of Whitethorn House, Milnathort, five daughters, and five sons, of whom the writer Ruthven Campbell Todd, who settled in the USA, was one. Although he had lived in considerable style at 34 Inverleith Terrace, William James Walker Todd left the surprisingly small moveable estate of £566 10s 0d.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 544, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, ScotlandBusiness1909Before 1914These dates conflict with the Post Office directories and should be treated with caution
Item 2 of 519, Young Street, Edinburgh, ScotlandBusiness1914c. 1919These dates conflict with the Post Office directories and should be treated with caution
Item 3 of 544, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, ScotlandBusinessc. 1919 These dates conflict with the Post Office directories and should be treated with caution
Item 4 of 534, Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh, ScotlandPrivatec. 191929 April 1944 
Item 5 of 58, Albyn Place, Edinburgh, ScotlandBusinessJanuary 1920After 1931 

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 6Thomas Purves MarwickJanuary 19021907 or 1908Apprentice 
Item 2 of 6John More Dick Peddie1907 or 19081909Assistant(?) 
Item 3 of 6Todd & Miller1914December 1919PartnerWith the exception of war service, 1915-19
Item 4 of 6Murphy & Walker ToddEarly 1914Early 1914Partner 
Item 5 of 6J M Dick Peddie & Walker ToddJanuary 19201936Partner 
Item 6 of 6Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson19361944Partner 

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3Robert Stirling ReidMid 1931for Licentiateship
Item 2 of 3RIBA Council6 November 1931for Fellowship
Item 3 of 3John WilsonMid 1931for Licentiateship

RIBA Proposals

This proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 12William Robert Ashcroft5 March 1934for Associateship
Item 2 of 12John Somerville Baillie6 April 1936for Associateship
Item 3 of 12Alexander Allan Foote21 June 1937for Fellowship
Item 4 of 12John Hardie Glover7 March 1938for Associateship
Item 5 of 12Harry Lind4 December 1933for Associateship
Item 6 of 12Alexander Dewar McGill3 March 1937for Associateship
Item 7 of 12John Ross McKay5 December 1938for Fellowship
Item 8 of 12Alexander James Wilson MorrisonEarly 1933for Associateship
Item 9 of 12(Sir) Basil Urwin SpenceMid 1933for Associateship
Item 10 of 12William Thomas Christie Walker10 January 1938for Associateship
Item 11 of 12Peter Rice Whiston10 January 1938for Associateship
Item 12 of 12Derek Selby Wright11 January 1937for Associateship

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 3351895154-166 Canongate, including Sugarhouse Close  EdinburghScotlandAlterations for Mr Craigdallic
Item 2 of 335c. 1905Cedar GroveDirleton East LothianScotland 
Item 3 of 3351910Parish Council OfficesColinton EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 4 of 3351910St David's in the West Church  DundeeScotlandPlans drawn up in collaboration with Sydney Houghton Miller but not executed (World War I caused delay)
Item 5 of 3351910The Old Schoolhouse, Woodhall RoadColinton EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 6 of 335c. 1910House for R K BlairGullane East LothianScotland 
Item 7 of 335191115 and 15a Castle Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 8 of 3351911Motor garage and dwellinghouseStirling StirlingshireScotlandWith Murphy & Kinross
Item 9 of 3351912St Anne's Episcopal Church HallsDunbar East LothianScotland 
Item 10 of 3351912St Anne's Episcopal RectoryDunbar East LothianScotland 
Item 11 of 3351912(?)St Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church HallHelensburgh DunbartonshireScotlandPlans for addition of a hall - presumably rejected in favour of those by Anderson & Paul
Item 12 of 3351913CaerleeInnerleithen PeeblesshireScotlandAlterations
Item 13 of 335191410 Succoth Avenue  EdinburghScotland 
Item 14 of 335191415 Belgrave CrescentDean EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 15 of 33519146 and 8 East London Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 16 of 3351914Cedar GroveNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 17 of 3351914House at HailesHailes EdinburghScotland 
Item 18 of 335Before 19144 Ainslie Place  EdinburghScotland 
Item 19 of 335Before 19144 St Andrew Square  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 20 of 3351916St Columba's ChurchBathgate West LothianScotland 
Item 21 of 3351919Housing and women's hostel at Tweedholme AvenueWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 22 of 3351919Housing for East Lothian County CouncilDirleton East LothianScotland 
Item 23 of 3351919Innerleithen War Memorial HallInnerleithen PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 24 of 3351919Liverpool London & Globe Insurance Office  EdinburghScotland 
Item 25 of 3351919St David's in the West Church  DundeeScotlandAmended plans (more modest scheme)
Item 26 of 3351919Troqueer, Lanark RoadColinton EdinburghScotlandGardener's cottage
Item 27 of 3351920sDrumsheugh Toll, house and studio  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 28 of 3351920sHouse for J R MilneColinton EdinburghScotland 
Item 29 of 33519203 Montrose Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 30 of 3351920Abbotsford LodgeMorningside EdinburghScotland 
Item 31 of 3351920Black's FactoryGorgie EdinburghScotland 
Item 32 of 3351920Broom Farmhouse and CottageGogar StirlingshireScotland 
Item 33 of 3351920Colonial Life Assurance Co  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to houses of 1775 to form commercial offices
Item 34 of 3351920Council Housing for East Lothian County Council, Western DistrictGullane East LothianScotland 
Item 35 of 3351920County Council housing, Buccleuch StreetInnerleithen PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 36 of 3351920Garroch HouseNew Galloway KirkcudbrightshireScotlandAlterations - Todd claims responsibility for this in Nomination Papers
Item 37 of 3351920Gogar Cottage  MidlothianScotland 
Item 38 of 3351920Gourdie HouseCaputh PerthshireScotlandAlterations
Item 39 of 3351920Housing for East Lothian County Council, Western DistrictAberlady East LothianScotland 
Item 40 of 3351920Kailzie House, twin gate lodgesTraquair/Kirkburn PeeblesshireScotlandReconstruction
Item 41 of 3351920Kells War MemorialNew Galloway KirkcudbrightshireScotland 
Item 42 of 3351920Semi-detached houses, Elcho RoadLongniddry East LothianScotland 
Item 43 of 3351920Six cottages and other housing for East Lothian County Council, Western DistrictInnerwick East LothianScotland 
Item 44 of 3351920St Catherine of Sienna Episcopal ChurchBo'ness / Borrowstouness West LothianScotland 
Item 45 of 3351920Woodbank HotelDumfries DumfriesshireScotlandAdditions?
Item 46 of 335c. 1920Local Authority HousingPencaitland FifeScotland 
Item 47 of 335c. 1920Murrayfield Golf ClubhouseMurrayfield EdinburghScotlandAdditions?
Item 48 of 335c. 1920Selkirk Bowling ClubSelkirk SelkirkshireScotland 
Item 49 of 335c. 1920The DeanLongniddry East LothianScotland 
Item 50 of 335c. 1920VillaPolwarth EdinburghScotland 
Item 51 of 33519217 Clifton TerraceHaymarket EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 52 of 3351921Double cottages, Park Avenue areaWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 53 of 3351921Fishcuring store for R MainNewhaven EdinburghScotland 
Item 54 of 3351921Flatted houses and cottagesTrinity EdinburghScotland 
Item 55 of 3351921House for Messrs BrodieSelkirk SelkirkshireScotland 
Item 56 of 3351921St Ninian's Episcopal Church and church hallComely Bank EdinburghScotland 
Item 57 of 3351921Toftcombs HouseBiggar LanarkshireScotlandAlterations?
Item 58 of 3351921William Cree Memorial ChurchKirkburn, Traquair PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 59 of 3351921Woodville  EdinburghScotlandAlterations?
Item 60 of 335192219 Ainslie Place  EdinburghScotland 
Item 61 of 335192240 Drumsheugh Gardens  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 62 of 3351922Fettes Mount House and CottagesLasswade MidlothianScotland 
Item 63 of 3351922Premises for Messrs Trail & Fletcher  EdinburghScotlandAlterations?
Item 64 of 3351922Selkirk Golf ClubSelkirk SelkirkshireScotland 
Item 65 of 3351922Shop for Messrs Hoys House Furnishers  EdinburghScotland 
Item 66 of 335c. 1922Royal Bank of Scotland  EdinburghScotland 
Item 67 of 3351923116-118 Polwarth Terrace  EdinburghScotland 
Item 68 of 3351923143-146 Princes Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to elevation
Item 69 of 335192330 Abercromby Place  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to Royal Scots Club
Item 70 of 3351923British Linen Bank, South Bridge Branch  EdinburghScotlandDesigns
Item 71 of 3351923Double villa for Messrs MacAndrewCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 72 of 3351923DruimColinton EdinburghScotlandInterior alterations and garage
Item 73 of 3351923Gracemount HouseLiberton EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 74 of 3351923House for James PeacockCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 75 of 3351923House for Mr ForresterSaughton EdinburghScotland 
Item 76 of 3351923KilmalieuBarnton EdinburghScotlandClaims responsibility for this in Nomination Papers
Item 77 of 3351923KirnaWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotlandAlterations
Item 78 of 3351923Premises for Darling & Co  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 79 of 3351923St Michael's ChurchEarlsferry FifeScotland 
Item 80 of 3351923Tweedmouth MemorialTweedmouth NorthumberlandEngland 
Item 81 of 33519243 Tipperlin Road  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 82 of 335192435-37 Shandwick Place  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 83 of 335192441 Manor Place  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 84 of 3351924Blackford Park House  EdinburghScotlandAlterations?
Item 85 of 3351924Corstorphine BankCorstorphine EdinburghScotland 
Item 86 of 3351924Craiglockhart House  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 87 of 3351924House for J B WhitelawNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 88 of 3351924House in the grounds of MarchfieldCramond EdinburghScotland 
Item 89 of 3351924Northern Insurance Company Building  EdinburghScotlandDrawings showing details of furniture and fittings
Item 90 of 3351924Premises for National Guarantee Office  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to no 17
Item 91 of 3351924Vogrie HouseBorthwick MidlothianScotlandAlterations
Item 92 of 33519259 Albyn Place  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 93 of 335192591-93 George Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 94 of 3351925British Linen BankColinton EdinburghScotland 
Item 95 of 3351925Bungalow for Mrs WemyssBlackhall EdinburghScotland 
Item 96 of 3351925ChettiscombeColinton EdinburghScotland 
Item 97 of 3351925House for John B PedenBarnton EdinburghScotland 
Item 98 of 3351925House for Mrs KennedyPortobello EdinburghScotland 
Item 99 of 3351925House for W T BellDavidson's Mains EdinburghScotland 
Item 100 of 3351925HousesCorstorphine EdinburghScotland 
Item 101 of 3351925HousesCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 102 of 3351925HousesBlackhall EdinburghScotland 
Item 103 of 3351925Semi-detached housesCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 104 of 3351925St Andrews Home of Mercy and ChapelJoppa EdinburghScotlandConversion of existing house
Item 105 of 3351925Twenty-four semi-detached housesMacmerry East LothianScotland 
Item 106 of 335192616 Seafield RoadPortobello EdinburghScotland 
Item 107 of 3351926British Linen Bank  EdinburghScotland 
Item 108 of 3351926British Linen BankOban ArgyllScotland 
Item 109 of 3351926Colinton HouseColinton EdinburghScotlandAlterations and additions to Colinton House, gates and gatekeeper's lodge
Item 110 of 3351926Garage for J C Todd  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to garage
Item 111 of 3351926Marshall and Sons Jewellers  EdinburghScotlandAlterations for the BBC (upper floors?)
Item 112 of 3351926Merchiston Castle School, Rogerson Boarding House  EdinburghScotland 
Item 113 of 3351926Merchiston Castle School, War Memorial Hall  EdinburghScotlandWorking in association with Burnet, Son & Dick
Item 114 of 3351926Prestonpans Police Station and HousesPrestonpans East LothianScotland 
Item 115 of 3351926Royal Bank of Scotland  EdinburghScotland 
Item 116 of 335c. 1926Merchiston Castle School, Stables  EdinburghScotland 
Item 117 of 335192740 Moray Place  EdinburghScotlandConversion
Item 118 of 3351927British Linen BankHaymarket EdinburghScotland 
Item 119 of 3351927British Linen Bank, South Bridge Branch  EdinburghScotlandRebuilding on new site
Item 120 of 3351927Crown HotelBiggar LanarkshireScotlandAlterations
Item 121 of 3351927Garage for MacAndrew  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 122 of 3351927Merchiston Castle School, The Castle Gates  EdinburghScotland 
Item 123 of 3351927Royal HotelPortobello EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 124 of 3351927Scottish Life Assurance Co  EdinburghScotlandAkterations
Item 125 of 3351927Shop, Rose Street  EdinburghScotlandShopfront
Item 126 of 335After 1927Scottish Provident Institution  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 127 of 335192814 Randolph PlaceNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 128 of 335192852 Hanover Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 129 of 33519289 Heriot Row  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 130 of 3351928Home for Crippled Children  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 131 of 3351928House for T W BeachCorstorphine EdinburghScotland 
Item 132 of 3351928Merchiston Castle School, gate lodge  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 133 of 3351928Merchiston Castle School, Sanatorium  EdinburghScotland 
Item 134 of 3351928Redcroft HotelNorth Berwick East LothianScotlandConservatory and alterations
Item 135 of 3351928Robert Morris ShowroomColtbridge EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 136 of 3351928School of Mothercraft  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 137 of 3351928St George's Free Church  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 138 of 3351928St Mildred Episcopal ChurchLinlithgow West LothianScotland 
Item 139 of 3351928Standard Life Assurance Office  LondonEngland 
Item 140 of 335c. 1928Thomas Glover & Co's Works  EdinburghScotland 
Item 141 of 33519291, 2,3 Melville Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to no 2
Item 142 of 335192915 Bright's Crescent  EdinburghScotland 
Item 143 of 335192920 Learmonth Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 144 of 335192921 Learmonth Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 145 of 335192923 Learmonth Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 146 of 335192931 Ratcliffe Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 147 of 33519299 Learmonth Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 148 of 3351929British Linen Bank, Head Office  EdinburghScotlandNew east wings
Item 149 of 3351929Confectionery WorksFountainbridge EdinburghScotland 
Item 150 of 3351929CromleixNorth Berwick East LothianScotlandAddition of maid's room
Item 151 of 3351929Dundas Castle  MidlothianScotlandNew gates
Item 152 of 3351929Exchange Bank of Scotland  EdinburghScotlandScottish Banks Clearing House building on St Andrews Lane, on site of David Bryce Free Tolbooth Church
Item 153 of 3351929Picture HouseLinlithgow West LothianScotland 
Item 154 of 3351929Premises for J Aitchison & Co  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 155 of 3351929Redcastle  Ross and CromartyScotlandAlterations
Item 156 of 335c. 1929CotgreenMelrose RoxburghshireScotland 
Item 157 of 3351930sPremsies for BrodieLoanhead MidlothianScotland 
Item 158 of 335193020-22 Charlotte Square  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 159 of 33519306 Western Terrace, Corstorphine Road  EdinburghScotlandSurvey, electrical installations and garage
Item 160 of 3351930Eglinton Castle, house and stables  AyrshireScotlandAlterations to stables?
Item 161 of 3351930Eton Cottage   Scotland 
Item 162 of 3351930House for E D MatherBarnton EdinburghScotland 
Item 163 of 3351930Humbie Parish ChurchHumbie East LothianScotlandChancel (probably - HS). Walker Todd was paid £63 in 1928 for reporting on church
Item 164 of 3351930Inverchaolain Lodge (Knockdow Esatate)Knockdow ArgyllScotland 
Item 165 of 3351930John O'Groats HotelJohn O'Groats? Caithness?ScotlandAlterations
Item 166 of 335c. 1930Alhambra Theatre of VarietiesLeith EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 167 of 335c. 1930Gullane Bowling Club pavilionGullane East LothianScotland 
Item 168 of 335c. 1930Lauder Parish ChurchLauder BerwickshireScotlandRepairs and renovation
Item 169 of 335c. 1930Merchiston Castle School, Pringle House  EdinburghScotland 
Item 170 of 335c. 1930The LeeColinton EdinburghScotland 
Item 171 of 335193110 Blantyre Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations?
Item 172 of 335193120 Eglinton Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 173 of 335193123-25 Lothian Road  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 174 of 33519314-9 Main StreetEast Saltoun East LothianScotland 
Item 175 of 335193162 Grassmarket  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 176 of 3351931County BuildingsHaddington East LothianScotlandExtension on Court Street
Item 177 of 3351931Glen HouseNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 178 of 3351931Gresham Life Assurance and Merchant Company offices  EdinburghScotlandAlterations for the Scottish Amicable Insurance Co
Item 179 of 3351931Holy Cross ParsonageDavidson's Mains EdinburghScotlandAddition
Item 180 of 335Before 1931Edinburgh Life Assurance Company Building  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 181 of 335Before 1931Western Bank  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 182 of 33519321 Douglas Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 183 of 335193225 Greenhill Park  EdinburghScotlandAlterations and garage
Item 184 of 3351932British Linen Bank, South Newington Branch  EdinburghScotland 
Item 185 of 3351932Garroch HouseNew Galloway KirkcudbrightshireScotlandReconstruction - maybe work begun a year earlier. Todd claims responsibility for this in Nomination Papers
Item 186 of 3351932Picture HouseNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 187 of 3351932Police and Magistrates CourtBerwick-upon-Tweed NorthumberlandEngland 
Item 188 of 3351932Royal Bank of ScotlandNewington EdinburghScotland 
Item 189 of 3351932Sir Walter Scott MonumentSelkirk SelkirkshireScotlandNew base
Item 190 of 3351932Ten flatted villas, Willowbrae Avenue and Kenmure Avenue  EdinburghScotland 
Item 191 of 335193313 Colinton Road  EdinburghScotlandAddition
Item 192 of 3351933Ardnacross HouseKintyre ArgyllScotland 
Item 193 of 3351933Bungalow for Mrs M C WilliamsonCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 194 of 3351933Caledonian Insurance Company  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 195 of 3351933De Vere Hotel  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to existing houses to form hotel
Item 196 of 3351933Dean Cemetery and lodgesDean EdinburghScotlandSouth lodge
Item 197 of 3351933House for J Miller  EdinburghScotland 
Item 198 of 3351933Houses in Alexander StreetUphall West LothianScotland 
Item 199 of 3351933Premises for R Laidlaw & Son  EdinburghScotland 
Item 200 of 3351933Royal Bank of ScotlandGilmerton EdinburghScotland 
Item 201 of 3351933Southfield HouseLiberton EdinburghScotlandTB pavilions and X-ray block
Item 202 of 3351933Workers' houses, ParkheadGorgie EdinburghScotland 
Item 203 of 335193435 Commercial StreetLeith EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 204 of 335193485-91 Leith Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 205 of 3351934Conservative Club  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 206 of 3351934Falkirk British Linen BankFalkirk StirlingshireScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 207 of 3351934Flatted houses, Park Avenue areaWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 208 of 3351934GlassmountPortobello EdinburghScotland 
Item 209 of 3351934Golf ClubhouseSwanston EdinburghScotland 
Item 210 of 3351934Houe for Mrs BarnetCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 211 of 3351934House for S McintyreLongniddry East LothianScotland 
Item 212 of 3351934Lochrin Garage  EdinburghScotland 
Item 213 of 3351934Minden HousePeebles PeeblesshireScotlandAlterations
Item 214 of 3351934New Palace Hotel and shops below  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to shops at 113-117
Item 215 of 3351934Peebles Union PoorhousePeebles PeeblesshireScotlandExtension and rebuilding (as County Buildings)
Item 216 of 3351934Royal Bank of ScotlandGorgie EdinburghScotland 
Item 217 of 3351934Royal Bank of ScotlandGrange EdinburghScotland 
Item 218 of 3351934Semi-detached house(s?)Prestonpans East LothianScotland 
Item 219 of 3351934West EndGattonside RoxburghshireScotland 
Item 220 of 3351934Western Bank  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 221 of 3351934Windsor Hotel and Shops, 100 -100A Princes Street  EdinburghScotlandNew shop front at 100a for George Cotton - work executed by The Birmingham Guild Ltd
Item 222 of 335193513 Regent Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 223 of 335193521 Douglas Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 224 of 3351935217 Colinton Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 225 of 335193532, 34 and 34A Raeburn Place  EdinburghScotland 
Item 226 of 335193559-60 Belford Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 227 of 3351935British Insulated Cables Factory  EdinburghScotland 
Item 228 of 3351935British Linen BankKelso RoxburghshireScotlandAlterations to ground floor
Item 229 of 3351935C & J Brown's showrooms and furniture repository  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to tenement to form showrooms
Item 230 of 3351935County BuildingsLinlithgow West LothianScotland 
Item 231 of 3351935Crown Insurance Company Building  EdinburghScotlandAlterations for the Yorkshire and Scottish Commercial Insurance Co
Item 232 of 3351935Galashiels Liberal ClubGalashiels SelkirkshireScotlandRenovation
Item 233 of 3351935GlenmoreKilmelford ArgyllScotlandReconstruction
Item 234 of 3351935House and shop for William MoffatCorstorphine EdinburghScotland 
Item 235 of 3351935Iona Bar  EdinburghScotland 
Item 236 of 3351935Kingland HousePeebles PeeblesshireScotlandExtension
Item 237 of 3351935Premises of William Timpson  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 238 of 3351935Royal Bank of ScotlandPortobello EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 239 of 3351935Scottish Women's Club  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 240 of 3351935Seafield HouseRoslin/Rosslyn MidlothianScotland 
Item 241 of 3351935Springfield HouseInveresk MidlothianScotland 
Item 242 of 3351935St Andrew and St Aidan's Episcopal Church  EdinburghScotlandChurch and proposals for hall
Item 243 of 3351935St John's Episcopal Church  EdinburghScotlandMorning chapel
Item 244 of 3351935W Morton & Son premises, 139-144 Lothian Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 245 of 33519363 Windmill Lane  EdinburghScotland 
Item 246 of 335193632, 34 Melville Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 247 of 33519367 St John's RoadLeith EdinburghScotland 
Item 248 of 3351936British Linen BankLinlithgow West LothianScotlandAlterations
Item 249 of 3351936British Linen BankCorstorphine EdinburghScotland 
Item 250 of 3351936British Linen BankSouth Morningside EdinburghScotland 
Item 251 of 3351936British Linen Bank, St Andrew Square  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 252 of 3351936Caledonian HotelInverness Inverness-shireScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 253 of 3351936Cistern House  AberdeenScotlandRemodelling of no 484 for British Linen Bank
Item 254 of 3351936Drumsheugh Baths  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 255 of 3351936Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum  EdinburghScotlandFurther work?
Item 256 of 3351936Garten LodgeColinton EdinburghScotland 
Item 257 of 3351936Gibson Craig Memorial HallCurrie MidlothianScotlandAdditions
Item 258 of 3351936House for R A Dickson  MidlothianScotland 
Item 259 of 3351936House for W M MurphyNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 260 of 3351936Housing, Preston CrossPrestonpans East LothianScotland 
Item 261 of 3351936Kaimes HouseRomanno Bridge PeeblesshireScotlandAlterations
Item 262 of 3351936KinnairdGullane East LothianScotlandAlterations
Item 263 of 3351936Leith Palace Picture HouseLeith EdinburghScotlandAlterations or proposed design?
Item 264 of 3351936LindoresBarnton EdinburghScotlandDouble garage
Item 265 of 3351936New Royal British Hotel  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 266 of 3351936Police Station and housesNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 267 of 3351936Premises at the junction of Braid Road and Pentland Terrace  EdinburghScotland 
Item 268 of 3351936Premises for J Aitchison & Co  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 269 of 3351936Royal Bank of ScotlandMusselburgh MidlothianScotland 
Item 270 of 3351936Royal Bank of ScotlandMayfield EdinburghScotland 
Item 271 of 3351936Scottish Rural Workers Approved Society premises  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 272 of 3351936St Columba's ChurchBlackhall EdinburghScotlandChancel screen and panelling
Item 273 of 3351936Warehouse for Cowan & Co, West Register Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 274 of 3351937218 Easter Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 275 of 335193736 Newhaven Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 276 of 33519374 Clarendon Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 277 of 335193757 Holyrood Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 278 of 335193762 Fountainhall Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 279 of 3351937Bonded warehouse, 12-14 John's PlaceLeith EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 280 of 3351937British Linen BankFairmilehead EdinburghScotland 
Item 281 of 3351937CorrievarkieLoch Ericht PerthshireScotlandReinstatement
Item 282 of 3351937Gothenburg PubArmadale West LothianScotlandAlterations
Item 283 of 3351937Grove Biscuit Factory  EdinburghScotland 
Item 284 of 3351937House for D J Owen  EdinburghScotland 
Item 285 of 3351937Kinloch Anderson's premises  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 286 of 3351937National Commercial BankBanff BanffshireScotlandWith James McCallum
Item 287 of 3351937Philp's Cockburn Hotel and other property, 1-29 Cockburn Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 288 of 3351937Police Headquarters and Sherriff CourtLinlithgow West LothianScotland 
Item 289 of 3351937Premises at corner of Fountainbridge and Gardners' Crescent  EdinburghScotland 
Item 290 of 3351937Premises for Briggs & Son, asphaltersMurrayfield EdinburghScotland 
Item 291 of 3351937Rock IbrisNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 
Item 292 of 3351937Royal BankKilmarnock AyrshireScotland'Buildings of Scotland' states that he was the partner in charge.
Item 293 of 3351937Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Nurses' HomeMarch Hall EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 294 of 3351937Scottish Widows Property  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 295 of 3351937Stoneyhill, including lodge and stablesWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotlandProposed houses in the grounds of house
Item 296 of 3351937Villa for John FifeCramond EdinburghScotland 
Item 297 of 3351937Workers' housingWalkerburn PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 298 of 335193812 Charlotte Street  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 299 of 3351938(?)17 Magdala Crescent  EdinburghScotlandAlterations - by Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson or by McKay?
Item 300 of 33519382 Eton Terrace  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 301 of 335193821, 23 Marionville Road  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 302 of 335193830 Dick Place  EdinburghScotland 
Item 303 of 335193836 Inverleith Row  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 304 of 3351938Bavelaw CastleBalerno MidlothianScotlandAlterations
Item 305 of 3351938Brunton Wire and Wire Ropes buildingMusselburgh MidlothianScotland 
Item 306 of 3351938Council housingWest Linton PeeblesshireScotland 
Item 307 of 3351938Exhibition Halls, Waverley Market  EdinburghScotlandCompetition design
Item 308 of 3351938Happy Valley Tennis CentreCraiglockhart EdinburghScotland 
Item 309 of 3351938Kimmerghame House, and lodgeDuns BerwickshireScotlandRebuilding after fire
Item 310 of 3351938Nenthorn HouseKelso BerwickshireScotlandAlterations
Item 311 of 3351938R & R Clark's Printing Office  EdinburghScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 312 of 3351938Ravenscraig MaltingsKirkcaldy FifeScotland 
Item 313 of 3351938Royal Bank of ScotlandKirkwallMainlandOrkneyScotland 
Item 314 of 3351938Scottish Provident Institution  EdinburghScotlandAlterations?
Item 315 of 3351938Transport Club  EdinburghScotland 
Item 316 of 3351938WellwyndTranent East LothianScotland 
Item 317 of 33519392 Henderson Road  EdinburghScotland 
Item 318 of 3351939Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society ClubhouseBarnton EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 319 of 3351939Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 320 of 3351939Granton Tavern  EdinburghScotland 
Item 321 of 3351939Guildford Arms  EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 322 of 3351939Kilravock LodgeGrange EdinburghScotlandAlterations
Item 323 of 3351939Melrose District AsylumMelrose RoxburghshireScotlandExtensions
Item 324 of 3351939National Bank of ScotlandGalashiels SelkirkshireScotlandDesigns produced
Item 325 of 3351939Premises for Thomson & Porteous  EdinburghScotland 
Item 326 of 3351939Standard Life Assurance Co  EdinburghScotlandPlans for extension scheme - halted on declaration of war
Item 327 of 3351939Territorial Army HQ  EdinburghScotland 
Item 328 of 3351939United Free Church Offices  EdinburghScotlandAir raid shelter
Item 329 of 3351939Warehouse, Portland PlaceLeith EdinburghScotland 
Item 330 of 3351939 or 1940Public tenement air raid shelters  Edinburgh?Scotland 
Item 331 of 3351940Type G three-apartment flatsPaisley RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 332 of 3351941Convent of the Good ShepherdColinton EdinburghScotlandByre
Item 333 of 335c. 19416 Western Terrace, Corstorphine Road  EdinburghScotlandAlterations to dining room, bathroom and pantry, plus air-raid shelter
Item 334 of 3351942British Linen BankKelso RoxburghshireScotlandAlterations
Item 335 of 3351947Salisbury Green Mansion HouseSalisbury Green EdinburghScotlandConversion as halls of residence

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 6British Architectural Library, RIBA2001Directory of British Architects 1834-1914   
Item 2 of 6Post Office Directories     
Item 3 of 6The Fettes College Register1970The Fettes College Register: Centenary Edition, 1870 to 1970 Edinburgh 
Item 4 of 6Who's Who in Architecture1914    
Item 5 of 6Who's Who in Architecture1923    
Item 6 of 6Who's Who in Architecture1926    

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 3Builder19 May 1944  Obituary
Item 2 of 3Glasgow Herald1 May 1944  Obituary
Item 3 of 3Scotsman1 May 1944  p3 - obituary

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers L no3917 (box 18); F no2948 (box 14)