Charles Theodore Clegg

• Born :  4 June 1861, at 21 Lime Grove  father Charles Clegg, mother Julia Aylmer,
• Baptism : Manchester Cathedral 13 November 1861
• Married : Emily Beecroft
• Died Sunday 13 April 1930.
• Funeral : Tuesday 15 April 1930 at noon at Ringway Church

The son of Charles Clegg FRIBA and Julia (nee Aylmer), Charles Theodore Clegg was born at Manchester on 4 June 1861. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School and studied art at South Kensington before returning to Manchester In 1882 at the age of 21 he was taken into partnership by his father in the firm of Clegg and Knowles, later Charles Clegg and Son. 1882. A Fellow of the Manchester Society of Architects.

C T Clegg became a member of John Shaw's in 1921 and remained so until his death in 1930. He appears to have been only the second architect to be invited to join the club in its 200-year history, William Wilkinson Whittaker, architect and surveyor, having briefly been a member 1860-62.  “Charles Theodore Clegg came on the scene, a very regular and cheery member but sadly unproductive as a poet laureate!” John Shaw's 1738 -1938 Page 380

Residence
1886 : C T Clegg "Dane Bank" Lymm. See also Charles Clegg
1889 : C T Clegg "Montford",  Didsbury Road, Heaton Norris
1890-1912 : C T Clegg “Holly Mount,” Woodley, Cheshire
1915-1930 : C T Clegg  FMSA  architect (Charles Clegg & Son) “Aylmers Field”, Ringway, Altrincham

Death notice : Manchester Guardian Monday 14 April 1930 Page 20 and
Death notice : Manchester Guardian Tuesday 15 April 1930. Page 24
Reference : Pike