Gilbert Inglefield

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Sir Gilbert Samuel Inglefield GBE TD (13 March 1909 – 14 October 1991) was a British architect and Lord Mayor of London from November 1967 to November 1968.

Inglefield was the son of

DL,[1] and Millicent Evelyn Cecilia Crompton[2]
the heiress of the Derbyshire banker John Gilbert Crompton

He was an

Alderman of the City of London.[3] In 1957, he was appointed chairman of the Barbican Committee, responsible for building the Barbican Estate, replacing Eric Wilkins, who had died.[3]

He appeared as a castaway on the

On 23 September 1968, he laid the foundation stone of the

Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States.[5]

From 1950 to 1976 he lived at Eggington House, the manor house of the village of Eggington, near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Gilbert Inglefield Middle School (now Gilbert Inglefield Academy) at Leighton Buzzard was named in his honour.[6]

His brother, Colonel John Frederick Crompton-Inglefield of Parwich Hall, served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1938.[1]

Awards and honours

Inglefield was

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Person Page - 59265 at The Peerage website (Admiral Sir Frederick Inglefield)". Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. ^ Millicent Evelyn Cecilia G Inglefield
  3. ^ a b "Residential is still touch and go". Barbican Living. Barbican Estate. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Gilbert Inglefield". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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  6. ^ "Gilbert Inglefield School Leighton Buzzard". Bedford Borough Council. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  7. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 1.
  8. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 44600". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1968. p. 6307.

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