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H. Chalton Bradshaw

H. Chalton Bradshaw

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Harold Chalton Bradshaw CBE FRIBA (15 February 1893 – 15 October 1943)[1] was a Liverpool-born architect, recipient of the first Rome scholarship in Architecture (1913) & first Secretary of The Royal Fine Art Commission.

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His design work included the British School at Rome's Common Room (1924, as projected by Edwin Lutyens)[2] and several Commonwealth War Graves Commission First World War cemeteries and memorials, including the Cambrai Memorial in France[3] and the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and its surrounding cemetery.[4] He also designed the Guards' Division Memorial in St. James's Park in London.[5]

He received an honorary Degree of Master in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 1930, and lectured at The Architectural Association.[6]

Bradshaw married Mary Taylor, an archaeologist, in 1918. They had three children: Christopher, a graphic designer; Julian, a physicist; and Anthony, a professor of botany.[7]

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    H. Chalton Bradshaw at archINFORM, 23 October 2007, accessed 28 December 2007
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    British School at Rome early history Archived 2007-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 28 December 2007
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    Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 28 December 2007
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    Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 28 December 2007
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    United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 28 December 2007
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    University of Liverpool List of Emeritus Professors, Chairs and Honorary Graduates p506 (p75 of 81 in this file), accessed 28 December 2007
  7. [7]
    Barker, Nicolas Obituary: Christopher Bradshaw, The Independent (London), 29 July 2004, accessed 28 December 2007


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