Thomas Shirley Scott Worthington

Much the forgotten member of the Worthington architectural dynasty, Thomas Shirley Scott Worthington was born in Styal on 28 March 1900, the son of Percy Scott Worthington and his wife Lucy Juliet (Wolff). However, details of his early life, education and training are lacking.  In the First War Thomas Shirley Scott Worthington enlisted in October 1917 and was mobilized in May 1918 but never left England He was demobbed on 30 January 1919 becoming a Captain RE in Territorial Army during the inter-war period. With the outbreak of the Second World War he became 2nd Lieutenant in the regular army on 11 October 1939.

Elected an Associate of the RIBA in 1927 he joined Thomas Worthington and Sons as an assistant, becoming a partner in the practice in 1945. In the 1930s he was responsible for a number of public houses in the Stockport area. After the Second War he was much involved with university building, particularly the University of Leicester.