Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Macrae | Designation: | | Born: | 2 April 1881 | Died: | 1950 | Bio Notes: | James Macrae was born on 2 April 1881 and was articled from 1896 to Cameron & Burnett, the leading hotel architects of the Highland region, in Inverness. He subsequently moved to a Glasgow practice, attending classes at Glasgow Technical College where he was awarded a prize in building construction. He then appears to have moved to Edinburgh as assistant with Alexander Law and then with Robert Macfarlane Cameron, moving in 1904 to London to take up a permanent post with London County Council where he remained until at least 1931. He was elected LRIBA in the latter year, his proposers being Edwin Paul Wheeler, Robert Robertson and William Thomas Sadler, all colleages in the LCC Architects' Department.
He died in 1950 in Chichester, his death registered between January and March. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | LCC Office, County Hall, Westminster, London, England | Business | * | | | | 106, Hale Lane, Mill Hill, London NW7, England | Private | 1931 * | | | | 28, Garrard Road, Barnstead, Surrey, England | Private | 1938 | | |
* 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 | | RIBA | 1938 | The RIBA Kalendar 1938-1939 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
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 | | L no 3620 (box 14) |
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