Alfred Waterhouse RA
Born 19 July 1830
Died 22 August 1905
Active: 1850 - 1905
Country of birth and death: England
Architect, president of art school
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire. The son of Alfred Waterhouse, a quaker merchant. Trained in Manchester under Richard Lane (3 April 1795 – 25 May 1880). Waterhouse ran a practice in Manchester for twelve years before establishing himself in London in 1865. His outstanding commissions include Manchester Town Hall (1868-77) and the Natural History Museum London (1873-81).
Wealth at death: £215,036 14s. 6d.
£163,575 4s. 10d., probate resworn
Probate date: 26 September 1905
Institutional and Business Connections
President of Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design
1882 - 1883
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 987; Folio: 63; Page: 1; GSU roll: 6096097
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Alfred Waterhouse
Probate Date: 26 Sep 1905
Death Date: 22 Aug 1905
Death Place: Berkshire, England
Registry: London
Citing this record
'Alfred Waterhouse RA', 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=msib4_1205849947, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
