Albert Edward Lambert

Nottingham Victoria railway station

Albert Edward Lambert, FRIBA (27 May 1869 – 5 November 1929) was a British architect based in Nottingham, England.

Biography

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 the family were living at the Grocers Shop & Cottage, Wetheral, Cumberland, England.

In the 1891 census, he was living in Derby, with his mother Louisa, and brother George. Lambert's profession is given as architect's assistant.

He married Annie Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of butcher and farmer Michael H. Robinson and Ann, at the end of 1897. His daughter Jessie Kathleen was born on 18 April 1901.

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

References

  1. ↑ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 6. ISBN 082645514X.
  2. ↑ 1881 British Census
  3. ↑ 1891 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. ↑ "Home". cd-mc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph - Friday 18 May 1906
  8. ↑ Lincoln City Building Applications, Lincolnshire Archives LCPF Ledger 4726
  9. ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 September 1914