Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Smith Leslie | Designation: | | Born: | 10 September 1891 | Died: | 1968 | Bio Notes: | James Smith Leslie was born on 10 September 1891 and was articled to James Findlay of Dundee on 27 September 1907, studying at the Dundee Technical Institute where he was awarded a first-class certificate for the design course. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1912 he worked for a year for J Bruce & Sons, also in Dundee before moving to the office of Maclaren Sons & Soutar in the same town. He served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War, achieving the rank of Captain by the time of his demobilisation in 1919, and returned Maclaren Sons & Soutar - soon to become Maclaren Soutar Salmond - for two further years thereafter. He then moved to St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, where he spent a year as assistant to Arthur Ashton. He was elected an associate of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland on 6 May 1922, and the following year moved again, to Skegness, to work as assistant in the Derby and Skegness architectural and surveying firm of John Wills & Sons. He was still in the latter office, by then as chief assistant, when he was admitted LRIBA in early 1931, his proposers being Charles Geddes Soutar, William Salmond and the then secretary of the Dundee Institute of Architects.
Leslie was still at the same address in Skegness in 1960-61 but is no longer listed in 1970. He probably died in 1968, though the age given in the Death Register is slightly at variance with that in the Nomination Paper. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Inverdale, Kirkby Crescent, Seacroft, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England | Private(?) | 1931 * | | | | 30, Laythorpe Avenue, Skegness, Yorkshire, England | Private | 1950s | 1960s | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | William Salmond | Early 1931 | for Licentiateship | | Charles Geddes Soutar | Early 1931 | for Licentiateship |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
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 no3833 (box 17) |
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