Godfrey Pinkerton
Godfrey Pinkerton (1858–1937) was a London-based British architect.
Biography
Early life
Godfrey Pinkerton was born at Godstone, Surrey, England. The third child of George Pinkerton (1823, Russia [British Subject] – 1899 Kingston, Surrey) and Mary, née Easum (1823, Stepney – 1868, St. Pancras). His siblings were Eustace (born 1852, Stoke Newington), a member of the London Stock Exchange, the poet and translator Percy E. Pinkerton (1855, Stoke Newington, Middlesex – 1946, Porthleven, Cornwall) and Mary (born 1860, Godstone, Surrey) who married the solicitor Gilbert Mainwaring Robinson. His grandfather was Reverend Dr Robert Pinkerton D.D., principal agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS). He died in Kensington, London.
Career
He was a Fellow of the Royal Institution of British Architects (FRIBA) and operated from offices at 2 Gray's Inn Sq, London, WC1.[1]
He designed the, now Grade II listed, St Mary's Church, Summerstown, London, SW17.[2][3]
Personal life
He died at Kensington in 1937, and it appears that he never married.[4]
References
- ↑ British Telephone Directories 1925 & 1936
- ↑ http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1065538
- ↑ http://www.kgarch.co.uk/projects/stmarys/stmarys.htm
- ↑ Census & Free BMD Records.