Wilfred Lawton

• Born      1868
• Died       13 January 1936

WILFRED LAWTON [L] - Mr Wilfred Lawton was born in 1868 and died on 13 January 1936. He retired from his post as Chief Architectural Assistant in the Manchester City Architect’s Department in 1932 having completed 40 years’ service with the Manchester Corporation and thirty years as Chief Assistant. He joined the Architectural Section of the City Surveyor’s Department, then under the late Mr John Allison, in 1892, having first served his articles with a Manchester firm of architects. In 1902, when the City Architect’s Department was formed, he was appointed Chief Assistant under Mr Henry Price. Most of the work with which he dealt was in connection with the Manchester Hospitals and Libraries, and in later years, Housing Schemes. Mr Lawton was a keen sportsman and a Vice-President of the Didsbury Cricket and Rugby Club. He was elected Licentiate of the Institute in 1911. [Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 7 March 1936 page 498]

Residence
1929        Wilfred Lawton, Lic RIBA. 7 Mabfield Road, Fallowfield

Reference   Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 7 March 1936 page 498