BELL, Eric Sinclair Capt

1884 - 1973  (88 years)

• Name	BELL, Eric Sinclair  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Capt
  Born	1 Sep 1884	Warrington, Cheshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christened	29 Sep 1884	Warrington, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	St. Elphins
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Mar 1973
  Person ID	I11373	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	BELL, Lt Col. William,   b. 20 Jul 1836, Edn, Edinburgh ,   d. 13 Oct 1918, Stirling, Scotland  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MACGREGOR, Isabelle Marguerite (Ella Murray) Murray,   b. 28 Feb 1856, Nusseerabad ,   d. 15 Nov 1906, Stirling, Stirling, Scotland  (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Edinburgh, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MOWBRAY, Agnes Cuthill
  Married	Aft 1919
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F3056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Captain) Eric Sinclair Bell Designation: Architect Born: 1 September 1884 Died: 15 March 1973 Bio Notes: Eric Sinclair Bell was born at Warrington on 1 September 1884, the son of Colonel William Bell of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and his wife Isabella Margaret Murray McGregor. He was articled to John Burnet & Son in 1903, concurrently studying at Glasgow School of Art. In May 1910 he proceeded to John James Burnet's London office. From 1912 to 1914 he gained experience with Smith & Brewer; Gibson, Skipwith & Gordon; Herbert Baker & Edwin Landseer Lutyens; and Sir Ernest George & Yates. He returned to Burnet's London office in May 1914. He visited Belgium, France and Switzerland before beginning war service in August of the same year, serving as Captain in the Gordon Highlanders, and was wounded at the Battle of Loos in September-October 1915. He returned from the war in March 1919 and practised in Stirling from September that year onwards. Rebecca Bailey states that in 1932 Bell joined Charles Greg in partnership as Greg & Bell. However exhaustive rsearch is unable to trace any sign of an architect under the name 'Charles Greg'. Greg is probably a misreading for Charles Henry Greig who worked in Stirling from at least 1914 if not earlier. He died in 1929 and it is very likely that Bell took over his practice at that date. Bell operated this from his house, Cranstonhill. Bell was admitted LRIBA on 4 December 1933, his proposers being Francis Lorne, John Begg and A Nicol Bruce, the then secretary of the RIAS; and was elected FRIBA on 6 March 1939, proposed by Lorne, Thomas Smith Tait and Alexander Thomson Scott. During the Second World War, Bell was for a time commanding officer of the Air Training Corps, Stirling Squadron No.1019. Bell was an etcher of architectural subjects as well as an architect, his nomination papers listing three published etchings: of Stirling Castle; Hanway Street, London; and the Granary Gates, London. He was architect to the Stirling Thistle Property Trust, and restored their buildings at the top of the town. He was the first President of the Stirling Society of Architects, and was a founder member of the Rotary Club of Stirling. He was also for many years a trustee of the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, and was instrumental in the formation of the Friends of the Smith in early 1973. In his private life Bell was a keen amateur golfer. Bell died of a coronary thrombosis at his home on 15 March 1973. He was survived by his wife, Agnes Cuthill Mowbray. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100181

  
  

• Sources

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