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^[1]) was an English restoration architect and archaeologist.^[2]

He restored a number of ancient and notable buildings, including^[2] Bath Abbey, Windsor Castle, Brownston House in Devizes and St Cyriac's Church in Lacock.^[3] He lived in Corsham, Wiltshire, close to his projects at Lacock Abbey,^[4] Hazelbury Manor and Great Chalfield Manor.^[2]

Brakspear was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1931 New Year Honours.^[5]

In 1908 he married Lilian Somers of Halesowen, Worcestershire; they had a son and a daughter, Oswald and Mary.^[1] Oswald was an architect who designed churches and parsonage houses.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Sir Harold Brakspear dies at Bath . Bath Chronicle and Herald. 24 November 1934. p. 26 – via Wikisource.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Brakspear, Harold". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ 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.
^ Cranage, David Herbert Somerset (1934). The Home of the Monk. CUP Archive. pp. 116–.
^ "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1930. p. 7.
^ "Papers of Sir Harold and Oswald Brakspear". Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2022 – via National Archives.

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[BathChron1934-1] Sir Harold Brakspear dies at Bath . Bath Chronicle and Herald. 24 November 1934. p. 26 – via Wikisource.

[ww-2] "Brakspear, Harold". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Clark-Maxwell1934-3] 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.

[Cranage1934-4] Cranage, David Herbert Somerset (1934). The Home of the Monk. CUP Archive. pp. 116–.

[LG1930-5] "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1930. p. 7.

[6] "Papers of Sir Harold and Oswald Brakspear". Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2022 – via National Archives.

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