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British architect

Harold Brakspear
Brakspear was consulting architect to the Dean and Canons of Windsor; pictured is Windsor Castle's Round Tower

Sir Harold Brakspear KCVO (10 March 1870 – 20 November 1934) was an English restoration architect and archaeologist.

He restored a number of ancient and notable buildings, including Bath Abbey, Windsor Castle, Brownston House in Devizes and St Cyriac's Church in Lacock. He lived in Corsham, Wiltshire, close to his projects at Lacock Abbey, Hazelbury Manor and Great Chalfield Manor.

Brakspear was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1931 New Year Honours. He was elected president of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1932 and re-elected the next year, his term ending in July 1934.

In 1908 he married Lilian Somers of Halesowen, Worcestershire; they had a son and a daughter, Oswald and Mary. Oswald was an architect who designed churches and parsonage houses.

References

  1. ^ "Sir Harold Brakspear dies at Bath". Bath Chronicle (9046): 26. 24 November 1934. ISSN 1356-0069. Wikidata Q106495384.
  2. ^ "Brakspear, Harold". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Clark-Maxwell, W. G. (1934). "The Late Sir Harold Brakspear, K.C.V.O". Archaeological Journal. 91 (1): 405–405. doi:10.1080/00665983.1934.10853635. ISSN 0066-5983.
  4. Cranage, David Herbert Somerset (1934). The Home of the Monk. CUP Archive. pp. 116–.
  5. "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1930. p. 7.
  6. "79th General Meeting, July 1932". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 46 (157): 89. 1932 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library Open access icon.
  7. "80th General Meeting, July 1933". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 46 (159): 363. 1933 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library Open access icon.
  8. "81st General Meeting, July 1934". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 47 (157): 4. 1935 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library Open access icon.
  9. "Papers of Sir Harold and Oswald Brakspear". Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2022 – via National Archives.

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