Walter Robert Jaggard

• Born                      1873
• Married                1899, Elizabeth Ann (born Bristol), two children - Doris Elizabeth and Robert William
• Died                       1929

Born in London, Jaggard entered H Huntley‑Gordon's office in London on 21 June 1888 and subsequently became an assistant, passing the RIBA examination in 1894. A note from Huntley‑Gordon recorded Jaggard as 'thoroughly interested in his work'. He married in 1899. In December 1901 Jaggard arrived in South Africa in and was working as an officer of the Chief Inspector of Public Works in Cape Town in 1902, resident in Cape Town until 1908. During this period he designed schools, libraries and private houses in South Africa, some of his drawings being exhibited at the Royal Academy.

He returned to London in 1908 to take up a teaching post at the Northern Polytechnic from which he resigned in 1921. He taught for several years at the London County Council School of Building in Brixton. He was appointed lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London University, a post which he held until his death. He was a member of the RIBA Science Committee (1923‑1924) and 'pioneered teaching manuals in the science of building construction, bringing the technical skills alongside hitherto more esteemed areas of architectural education' (RIBA Jnl 1928/1929:335). Besides lecturing widely, he was an examiner to the Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes.

Address   
1898        24 Warwick Road, Chorlton-cum Hardy, Manchester
1901        Twickenham (Census)
1902-8        White Cottage, Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa