Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Thomas McLaren |
| Designation: | |
| Born: | c. 1887 |
| Died: | 1967(?) |
| Bio Notes: | Thomas McLaren was born probably in the late 1880s and articled to George Kennedy Young in 1894. During that time he worked with Young's brother Cedric who had been in Burnet Son & Campbell's office and was profoundly influenced by that practice. He remained with the Youngs until 1898, attending evening classes at Sharp's Institution. In that year, or at the beginning of 1899, McLaren moved to Thomas Lennox Watson's office in Glasgow, enabling him to study at Glasgow School of Art and at some point he made a study tour of Belgium. In 1902 he emigrated to Montreal where he found a place in the office of Andrew Thomas Taylor and passed the qualifying exam (in Montreal). He was admitted ARIBA on 2 March 1903, his proposers being Taylor Watson and the London architect John Slater. When Taylor returned to Britain in 1905 McLaren joined the architectural department of the Bank of Montreal but commenced a small private spare-time practice with Frank Peden. This built up over the years and in 1909 McLaren and Peden entered into a partnership which was dissolved in 1915. McLaren thereafter practised alone until he retired in 1939. He died in 1967. |
Private and Business Addresses
| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | |||||
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | 61A, Victoria Street, Montreal, Canada | Private | 1902 * | ||
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| George Penrose Kennedy Young | 23 July 1894 | 1898 | Apprentice | |
| Thomas Lennox Watson | 1898 or 1899 | 1902 | Assistant | |
| (Sir) Andrew Thomas Taylor | 1902 | 1905(?) | Assistant | |
| Peden & McLaren | 1905 or 1909 | 1915 | Partner | Worked with Peden from 1905 but official partnership was not formed until 1909 |
RIBA
RIBA Proposers
| The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | |||
| Name | Date proposed | Notes | |
| (Sir) Andrew Thomas Taylor | 2 March 1903 | for Associateship |
| Thomas Lennox Watson | 2 March 1903 | for Associateship |
RIBA Proposals
| This proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | |||
| Name | Date proposed | Notes | |
| Thomas Morgan Forrest | 16 January 1911 | for Licentiateship |
| Andrew Edwin Martin | 24 June 1912 | for Licentiateship |
| David Shennan | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship |
| John Roxburgh Smith | 22 April 1912 | for Licentiateship |
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this : | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Montreal Gazette | 20 April 1967 | Obituary | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this : | ||||
| Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | A v15 (microfilm reel 18) | |