SIR

See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR

See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

See also:

• BLOMFIELD, CHARLES JAMES (1786-1857)
• BLOMFIELD, EDWARD VALENTINE (1788-1816)
• SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD (1829-1899)

BLOMFIELD (1829-1899)  , English architect, son of Bishop C . J . Blomfield, was born on the 6th of March 1829, and educated at Rugby and Trinity, Cambridge . He was then articled as an architect to P . C . Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own account . He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a fellow (1867) and vice-president (1886) of the Royal Institute of British Architects . In 1887 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law courts branch in Fleet Street, and he was associated with A . E . Street in the building of the law courts . In 1889 he was knighted . He died on the 3oth of October 1899 .

He was twice married, and brought up two sons,

Charles J . Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, to his ownprofession, of which they became distinguished representatives . Among the numerous churches which Sir Arthur Blomfield designed, his work at St Saviour's, Southwark, is a notable example of his use of revived Gothic, and he was highly regarded as a restorer .