Mr Francis William Troup
Born 10 June 1859
Died 2 April 1951
Active: 1898 - 1941
Country of birth: Scotland
Country of death: England
Leadworker, teacher of leadwork, architect
Born at Huntly, Grampian. Died in London.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Art Workers Guild, Third Exhibition, 1905
Managed Line (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Participant in Art Workers Guild Revels, 1939
Speaker at Leadwork (Art Workers Guild), 1903
Speaker at Old Lead-work (Art Workers Guild), 1908
Speaker at The Ornamental Use of Cast-Iron (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at Temporary Street Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Speaker at Railway Stations and their Approaches (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Ships (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at Ferro-concrete Construction (Art Workers Guild), 1916
Speaker at The Crafts and Exhibitions Schemes (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Speaker at The Mason's Craft and his Materials (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at Co-operation of the Architect and the Craftsman (Art Workers Guild), 1922
Speaker at Churchyard Monuments (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at The Artistic Value of Japanese Lacquer (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Shop Fronts and Shop Fittings (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Architecture and the Press (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Roofing Materials (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at London (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Scottish Art, 1500-1800 (Art Workers Guild), 1923
Speaker at Substitutes in the Crafts (Art Workers Guild), 1925
Speaker at Design and Construction of St Paul's Cathedral (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Speaker at Factories (Art Workers Guild), 1927
Speaker at Inigo Jones (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Speaker at Bridges (Art Workers Guild), 1929
Speaker at The Geological Basis of Architecture (Art Workers Guild), 1931
Speaker at Lethaby and his Work (Art Workers Guild), 1932
Speaker at Timber Construction of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries (Art Workers Guild), 1933
Speaker at Ship Decoration (Art Workers Guild), 1934
Speaker at The Work of Recently Deceased Members (Art Workers Guild), 1935
Speaker at Buildings preserved by the National Trust (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Speaker at Scotland's Contribution to the Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1938
Speaker at The English Castle (Art Workers Guild), 1939
Institutional and Business Connections
Donor to Art Workers Guild
5 December 1924 (Circa)
Donated red gown of office to be work by the Master of the Guild and black gowns to be worn by the two honorary secretaries [AWG annual report for 1924, p.10].
Donor to Art Workers Guild
1926
'Thanks are due Past-Master Troup, who not only safeguarded the interests of the Guild in connection with the new building next door [no further information given], but generously gave his 'party-wall' fee to pay for a new arrangement of the electric lighting of the Hall' [AWG annual report for 1926, p.9].
Donor to Art Workers Guild
1941
Left a bequest to the Guild in his will of £250; also left "The Works of William Morris" (24 volumes), 'a collection of valuable books on Architecture and other crafts' (45 volumes), a collection of slides, a red painted table (designed and painted by Burne-Jones), two armchairs designed by W.R.Lethaby and E.Gimson [Fifty-eighth annual report of the Committee of the Art Workers' Guild, pp.5-6].
Master of Art Workers Guild
1923
Member of Art Workers Guild
1895
Master in 1923.
In 1935, in recognition of his 'valuable and untiring services as Architect to the fabric of the Guild premises', he was made an ex-officio member of the committee [fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1936, p.15].
Teacher of metal work at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1896 - June 1901
Listed as an architect and a teacher of 'Lead Casting and Ornamental Lead Work'.
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1903, p.6; 1905, p.9; 1908, p.6.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1914, p.10; 1916, pp.7-9; 1917, p.8; 1922, p.5, p.7; 1923, pp.9-10; 1924, p.10; 1925, p.7; 1926, p.4, p.7; 1927, p.6; 1929, p.7; 1931, p.10; 1932, p.10; 1933, p.12.
Central School of Arts and Crafts, Prospectus and Time-Table. Fifth Session Commencing 24 September 1900
24 September 1900
p. 2.
Prospectus and Time Table, The Central School of Arts and Crafts, 20 December 1896
20 December 1896
p. 2.
The fifty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1942
1942
pp.4-5.
The fifty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1939
1939
p.11.
The fifty-first annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1935
1935
p.12.
The fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1936
1936
p.8, p.15.
The fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1940
1940
p.7.
The fifty-third annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1937
1937
p.10.
Citing this record
'Mr Francis William Troup', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1215440207, accessed 18 Jan 2021]