Henry Arthur Cheers

• Birth date            1853 at Great Broughton, Chester
• Marriage              October-December 1880 to Isabella Heriot Anson at Leeds
• Death date          14th January 1916 at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington
• Burial                  Twickenham Cemetery

Henry (Harry) Arthur Cheers was born at Great Broughton in 1853 the son of Thomas Cheers. By 1861 the family had moved to Ranelagh Street Liverpool.

From 1872 to 1875 Henry Cheers was articled to T D Barry & Sons of Liverpool. He spent the following two years in the office of Thomas Waring of Cardiff and the two subsequent years at Leeds during which period he went on a sketching tour in The Netherlands, Germany and France. He commenced independent practice at Leeds before returning to Liverpool where he was briefly in partnership with Joseph Bromilow from 1878.  This partnership was dissolved in July 1882 following which H A Cheers moved south, firstly to Bagshot where he completed St Anne Bagshot 1882-4 and later to Twickenham.

LRIBA 16 Jan 1911: proposed by M B Adams, E B I'Anson, C J Smithem

Address:
1880            Bromilow and Cheers 21 Harrington Street, Liverpool
1880 (Feb)    Bromilow and Cheers 409 Strand London
1880 (Dec)    Bromilow and Cheers 35 Queen Victoria Street London
1914            H A Cheers, 4 Central Chambers, York Street, Twickenham

Residence
1861        Ranelagh Street, Liverpool
1881        Euston Grove, Birkenhead (lodgings)
1882        Bagshot
1884        6 Waldegrave Park, Twickenham, London SW
1888        “Heriotdene,” 32, Waldegrave Park, Twickenham, London SW
(demolished for the construction of Newland House School)
1892-1911    35 Waldegrave Park, Twickenham, London SW
1914        73 Philbeach Gardens, Kensington, London SW (Probate)

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