Thomas Henry Wyatt

Infobox Architect

name=Thomas Henry Wyatt
nationality=British
birth_date=birth date|1807|5|9|df=y
birth_place=Roscommon
death_date=death date and age|1880|8|5|1807|5|9|df=y
death_place=London
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Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 - 5 August 1880) was a British architect. [Obituary in "Builder" "get proper citation"] He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73 [APSD entry] and awarded their Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1873. [List provided by RIBA] His reputation during his lifetime was largely as a safe establishment figure and critical assessment has been less favourable more recently, particularly in comparison with his elder brother, the better known Matthew Digby Wyatt.

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Personal and family life

Wyatt was born on 9 May 1807 at Lough-Glin House, co Roscommon. His father was Matthew Wyatt (1773 - 1831) a barrister and police magistrate for Roscommon and Lambeth. Wyatt is presumed to have moved to Lambeth with his father in 1825 and then initially embarked on a career as a merchant sailing to the Mediterranean, particularly Malta.

He married his first cousin Arabella Montagu Wyatt (1807 -1875). She was the second daughter of his uncle Arthur who was agent to the Duke of Beaufort.

He lived at and practised from 77 Great Russell Street. He died there on 5 August 1880 leaving an estate of £30,000. He is buried at Weston Patrick.

The Wyatts had been a significant architectural dynasty across the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Career

Training

Wyatt's early training was in the office of Philip Hardwick where he worked until 1832, and was involved in work on Goldsmiths Hall, Euston Station and the warehouses at St Katherine's Dock.

Practice

He began practice on his own account in 1832 when he was appointed District Surveyor for Hackney ( a post he held until 1861). By 1838 he had acquired substantial patronage from the duke of Beaufort, the earl of Denbeigh, and SIdney Herbert and David Brandon joined him as partner. This partnership lasted until 1851.

Wyatt's son Matthew (1840-1892) became his father's partner in 1860.

Positions

Wyatt was appointed as consulting or honorary architect to a number of bodies including:
*the Institute of Civil Engineers
*Athenaum
*Governesses Benevolent Association
*Middlesex Hospital
*Lunacy Commissioners
*Incorporated Church building Society
*Salisbury Diocese

Architectural Works

Wyatt worked in many styles ranging from the Italianate of Wilton through to the Gothic of many of his churches.

His practice was extensive with a large amount of work in Wiltshire largely as a result of his official position and the patronage of the Herbert family and in Monmouthshire through the Beaufort connection

Wiltshire

This is a selective list of some of Wyatt's major works with some links to relevant information

Churches

Other

omerset

Glamorgan and rest of Wales

Gloucestershire

Elsewhere

Bibliography

The Wyatts, an architectural dynasty J M Robinson ISBN 0198173407

ee also

*Wyatts, an architectural dynasty

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