Basic Biographical Details Name: | Charles John MacLean Mackintosh | Designation: | | Born: | 28 May 1866 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Charles John MacLean Mackintosh was born in Inverness on 28 May 1866 and was articled to the civil engineer and architect C R Manners of Inverness in 1881. On his father's death in 1883 he transferred to the office of the town's Master of Works, John A Mackenzie, leaving in 1887 to work as chief assistant to the surveyors Walker & Beattie in Aberdeen, where he also made the acquaintance of Arthur Clyne. In 1891 he became a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution and obtained the position of Burgh Engineer and Master of Works for the town of Dunoon, where he collaborated on several projects with Robert Alexander Bryden. He remained there until January 1902 when he was appointed Engineer and Surveyor for Lochaber District, based at Fort William, with freedom to commence private practice as architect and civil engineer although his work appears to have been limited to agricultural and domestic buildings. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, calling on local dignitaries rather than fellow architects as his proposers because 'in this isolated district on the West' he felt 'dissociated from [his] professional brethren' and so preferred to leave his acceptance or otherwise in the hands of the RIBA Council according to his own personal statement. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland | Business | 1891 | Late 1901 | | | Pine Grove, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland | Private/business | Before 1906 * | After 1911 | |
* 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 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v19 no1434 |
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