Banister Fletcher (senior)

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Banister Fletcher, in 1898

Banister Fletcher (11 August 1833 – 5 July 1899) was an English

Sir Banister Fletcher
, which remains in print.

Career

Banister Fletcher's tomb in West Hampstead Cemetery

Fletcher was the second son of Thomas Fletcher. He was educated privately and while a student he won the 1st prize given by the

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, designing industrial buildings, until he moved to London in about 1870. He published Model Houses for the Industrial Classes the following year, the first of many books, several of which were handbooks for architects, surveyors, and the building trade. From 1875 he was district surveyor for West Newington and part of Lambeth.[1] He was also a major in the 1st Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Brigade. Fletcher became a Fellow of the RIBA and was the author of several architectural text-books.[2]

A number of architects began their careers with Banister Fletcher, including Leonard Shuffrey, who worked for the firm from 1870 to 1880.[3]

Fletcher was elected as a Liberal

excise duties on herb beer.[5] The following election cut short his parliamentary career, and he was defeated on 1 July 1886 by Lord Henry Bruce, a Conservative.[6] Fletcher made five speeches during the time he was in parliament.[4] At the 1892 General Election he made an unsuccessful attempt at a return to parliament as Liberal candidate at Christchurch.[7]

From 1890, Fletcher was Professor of Architecture at

Gothic Revival furniture.[1]

Fletcher died at the age of 66 and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, near his home.[citation needed]

The alterations to this churchyard were carried out in the year AD1901. The gates were presented in memory of Profes[s]or Banister Flether past churchwarden by his family....
Memorial stone in the wall of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe church on Queen Victoria Street, London.

He is also commemorated by a plaque at the church of

St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe in Queen Victoria Street, London EC4, where he had been churchwarden.[9]

Fletcher married Eliza Jane Phillips in 1864. Their son, also named

Banister Fletcher, became a noted architect who co-authored A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method with his father.[10]
He and another son were lecturers at King's College under their father. The history became a standard reference work, which remains in print after numerous revised editions.

Selected works

Notes

  1. ^ a b ODNB
  2. ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
  3. ISBN 9780950735061
    .
  4. ^ a b "Mr Bannister Fletcher (Hansard)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  5. ^ "INLAND REVENUE—HERB BEER. (Hansard, 6 May 1886)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 May 1886. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  6. ^ "THE LATEST RETURNS. - View Article - The New York Times" (PDF). query.nytimes.com. 10 July 1886. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  7. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  8. ^ "artnet.com: Resource Library: Fletcher, Banister". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Professor Banister Fletcher".
  10. ^ Banister Fletcher A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method B. T. Batsford 1897

References

  • "ODNB": E. I. Carlyle, "Fletcher, Banister (1833–1899)", rev. John Elliott,
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 May 2012

External links

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