Adburgham [former name Abram], Jocelyn Frere (1900-1979), architect and town planner, was born at Sylvans, Peaslake, Surrey, on 24 May 1900, the second daughter of Edward William Abram (1869–1929), newspaper proprietor, and his wife, Lucy, née Ashton (1865–1942...
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Adburgham [former name Abram], Jocelyn Frere (1900-1979), architect and town planner
Elizabeth Darling
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Aiton [married name Tollenaar], Norah (1903–1988), architect
Lynne Walker
Aiton [married name Tollenaar], Norah (1903–1988), architect, was born on 13 June 1903, at St. Nicholas, Hanger Lane, Ealing, London, the third and youngest child of John Arthur Aiton (1864–1950), a mechanical engineer and manufacturer who became governing director of ...
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Albery, Jessica Mary (1908–1990), architect and town planner
Lynne Walker
Albery, Jessica Mary (1908–1990), architect and town planner, was born at 44 Queens Road, St. John’s Wood, London, on 11 June 1908, the only daughter and eldest of three children of Irving James Albery (1879–1967), a stockbroker who was later Conservative MP for ...
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Allen [née Gill], Marjory, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and promoter of child welfare
Hal Moggridge
Allen [née Gill], Marjory, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and promoter of child welfare, was born on 10 May 1897 at Hazelstubbs, Gravel Hill, Bexleyheath, the daughter of George Joseph Gill (c.1860–1947), a water-rate collector, and his wife, ...
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Barclay [née Martin], Irene Turberville (1894–1989), chartered surveyor
Carrie de Silva
Barclay [née Martin], Irene Turberville (1894–1989), chartered surveyor, was born on 27 May 1894 in Ingestre Street, Hereford, the eldest child of (David) Basil Martin (1858–1940), Congregational minister, and his wife, Alice Charlotte, née Turberville (1867–1934). Her brother, ...
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Benjamin, (Rose) Elisabeth (1908–1999), architect and designer
Lynne Walker
Benjamin, (Rose) Elisabeth (1908–1999), architect and designer, was born at 20 Christchurch Avenue, Willesden, London, on 7 December 1908, the only child of liberal-minded Jewish parents, Alfred Benjamin (b. 1876/7), an entrepreneurial businessman, collector and designer of pottery, and his wife, ...
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Carruthers [née Torrie], Pamela Isabel Jameson (1916–2009), showjumping course designer
Susanna Hedenborg
Carruthers [née Torrie], Pamela Isabel Jameson (1916–2009), showjumping course designer, was born on 11 August 1916 at 19 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, the only child of Thomas George Jameson Torrie (1880–1916), a lieutenant-colonel in the Life Guards, and his wife, Esmé Muriel, née...
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Charles, Ethel Mary (1871–1962), architect
Lynne Walker
Charles, Ethel Mary (1871–1962), architect, was born on 25 March 1871 in India, the second of six children of Thomas Edmondston Charles (1834–1906), a doctor in private practice (formerly of the Indian army) and an early advocate of cremation, and his wife, Ada Henrietta (1848–1931/2)...
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Chesterton, Dame Elizabeth Ursula (1915–2002), architect and planner
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Chesterton, Dame Elizabeth Ursula (1915–2002), architect and planner, was born on 12 October 1915 at 28 Willifield Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, the only child of Maurice Chesterton (1880–1962), builder turned architect, and his wife, Dorothy, née Deck (1888–1982). ...
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Colvin, Brenda (1897–1981), landscape architect
Hal Moggridge
Colvin, Brenda (1897–1981), landscape architect, was born on 8 June 1897 at Simla in India, where her father, Sir Elliot Graham Colvin (1861–1940), became resident in Kashmir (1902) and later agent to the governor-general in Rajputana (1905–17). Her mother, Ethel Bayley, was the elder daughter of ...
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Colvin, Brenda (1897–1981)
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Cooke [married name Harrison], (Edith) Gillian (1898–1974), architect
Elizabeth Darling
Cooke [married name Harrison], (Edith) Gillian (1898–1974), architect, was born at St Hilaire, Rydal Road, Streatham, London, on 10 January 1898, the oldest child of Henry Cooke (1862–1937), a solicitor, and his wife Rose Margaret, née Bristow...
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Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997)
Maker: Kelvin Brodie
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Dame Sylvia Crowe (1901–1997) by Kelvin Brodie, 1975 © News International Newspapers Ltd
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Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997), landscape architect
Hal Moggridge
Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997), landscape architect, was born on 15 September 1901 at 30 Oxford Road, Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Eyre Crowe, a box and cabinet manufacturer who, because of ill health, retired early to become a fruit farmer near the village of ...
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Denby, Elizabeth Marion (1894–1965), urban reformer
Lynne Walker
Denby, Elizabeth Marion (1894–1965), urban reformer, was born on 20 May 1894 at 95 Horton Road, Bradford, the second of the four daughters of Walter Denby (d. 1944), a doctor, and his wife, Clara Emma Bassett, a nurse. She was educated privately and at ...
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Drew, Dame Joyce Beverly (1911–1996)
Maker: Ida Kar
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Dame Joyce Beverly Drew (1911–1996) by Ida Kar, 1958 [right, with Maxwell Fry] © National Portrait Gallery, London
