Basic Biographical Details

Name: Leslie Brian Ingram
Designation:  
Born: 19 February 1925
Died: December 2006
Bio Notes: Leslie Brian Ingram was born on 19 February 1925 and attended the School of Architecture at Leicester College of Art from 1942 to 1943, after which he spent some time in Canada and the USA. He followed a correspondence course with L Stuart Stanley from 1946 to 1948. In 1949 he visited France, and in the same year enrolled on the part-time RIBA course at the Northern Polytechnic.

He became an Associate Partner of Dalgleish & Pullen of London in 1953, and was still there when he was admitted ARIBA in early or mid-1957, his proposers being Roger K Pullen, Kenneth Dalgleish and A G Nisbet.

In 1960 he moved to the office of Easton Robertson Cusdin Preston & Smith as senior assistant architect; in 1963 he joined Mathews Ryan & Simpson of London; and in 1966 he returned to what was by then Easton Robertson Preston & Partners to take up a post as resident architect for the Bank of England Printing Works.

He was elected FRIBA on 5 June 1968, this time proposed by Pullen, F Leslie Preston and E D Jefferiss Mathews. At that time he was working on nuclear power stations, including Hunterston B as an employee of Sir Robert McAlpine, his work and home address being in Hertfordshire.

He died in Truro, his death being registered in December 2006.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 217, Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, LondonBusiness1957 *  
Item 2 of 23, The Close, Brookman's Park, Hertfordshire, EnglandPrivateBefore 1957After 1968 

* 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):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 5Dalgleish & Pullen19531960Associate 
Item 2 of 5Easton Robertson Cusdin Preston & Smith19601963Senior Assistant 
Item 3 of 5Mathews, Ryan & Simpson of London19631966Architect 
Item 4 of 5Easton, Robertson, Preston & Partners19661967Architect 
Item 5 of 5(Sir) Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd1968 * Architect 

* earliest date known from documented sources.


RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 6Kenneth Dalgleish1957For Associateship
Item 2 of 6Edmund Douglass Jefferiss Mathews5 June 1968For Fellowship
Item 3 of 6A G Nisbet1957For Associateship
Item 4 of 6F Leslie Preston5 June 1968For Fellowship
Item 5 of 6Roger K Pullen1957For Associateship
Item 6 of 6Roger K Pullen5 June 1968For Fellowship

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 11967Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station  AyrshireScotlandwith Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners

References

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 A no18497 (stored under F6036); F no 6036 (combined box 114)