Albert Edward Lambert

Albert Edward Lambert (27 May 1869 - 5 November 1929) was an architect based in Nottingham.

Family

He was born in Manton in Rutland on 27 May 1869. He was the son of John Lambert and Louisa. By 1871 the family had moved to Draycott in Derbyshire and in 1881[1] the family were living at the Grocers Shop & Cottage, Wetheral, Cumberland, England.

In the 1891 census.,[2] he was living at 7 Wilfred Street in Derby, with his mother Louisa, and brother George. Albert's profession is given as Architect's assistant.

In 1895 he was living at 6 Norfolk Street, Derby. He married Annie Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Michael H Robinson (butcher and farmer) and Ann, at the end of 1897.

In 1901 he was living at 8 Douglas Road, Nottingham [3] and he subsequently lived on Richmond Drive and then Woodland Drive in Mapperley Park in Nottingham. His daughter Jessie Kathleen was born in on 18 April 1901.

In 1911, he was living at Hillcrest, Warwick Road, Nottingham, (1911 UK Census) and then moved to 205 Derby Road, Nottingham shortly before his death. He died at home on 5 November 1929 of Encephalitis Lethargica, diagnosed 5 years earlier.

Career

By 1901 and until at least 1926 he had offices first at 22 and later at 28 Park Row, Nottingham.

He was a Member of the Society of Architects in 1911, Fellow in 1924 and Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1925.

Buildings

Mapperley Methodist Church, Woodborough Road 1903
Albert Hall, Nottingham
Castle Donington Methodist Church
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

References

  1. 1881 British Census
  2. 1891 British Census
  3. 1901 British Census
  4. 1 2 The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner (1951;1979) (rev. Elizabeth Williamson) ISBN 0-300-09636-4
  5. Grantham Journal Sat 24 Sep 1904
  6. http://www.cd-mc.co.uk/
  7. Derby Daily Telegraph - Friday 18 May 1906
  8. Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 September 1914
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.