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Harry Beswick FRIBA (1856 – 8 July 1929) was County Architect for Chester from 1895 until 1926.
Career
He was born in Chester and educated at King's School, Chester where he was awarded the Duke of Westminster Gold Medal in 1871. He was articled to Thomas Meakin Lockwood of Chester from 1871 and later returned as his Managing Clerk in 1881.
He began independent practice in 1889 and in 1895 he was appointed County Architect to Cheshire County in 1895 and architect to the Cheshire Education Committee from 1904.
In 1905 he was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
He retired in 1926.
Life
He was born in 1855, the son of William Beswick (1822–1887) and Mary Morley (1825–1915). His father was the schoolmaster at Upton-by-Chester.
On 12 August 1882 he married Edith, daughter of Charles Anderson at Aldford Parish Church. They had the following children:
Agnes Marion Beswick (1884–1977)
Jessie Beswick (b. 1886)
William Beswick (1888–1981) also an architect
Harry Beswick (b. 1890) also an architect
Isabel Marjory Louisa Beswick (1894–1973)
He died on 8 July 1929.
Buildings
References
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