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Vulliamy, George John, 1817-1886
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1817-1886
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VULLIAMY, GEORGE JOHN, brother of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (qv); b. 19 May 1817; adm. 13 Feb 1826 (Singleton's); Min. Can. 1832; articled to Joseph Bramah & Sons, engineers 1833; in architectural office of Sir Charles Barry 1836-41; travelled abroad; employed until 1861 in the office of his uncle Lewis Vulliamy, architect; ARIBA 1838; FRIBA 1856; Superintending Architect, Metropolitan Board of Works 15 Mar 1861 - May 1886; designed the pedestal and sphinxes for Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment; m. 2 Apr 1851 Eliza, widow of Matthew King, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, and second dau. of Cdr. Samuel Charles Umfreville, Royal Navy; d. 12 Nov 1886. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.