Architect. Born Morpeth, Northumberland. Appointed St Pancras Borough Engineer in 1893 and still in post in 1906. Lived at 23 West Hill. Father of the entomologist, Kenneth Blair. Died Middlesex. Has a page at My Blair family. The library is the only building of his that we can find.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Nisbet Blair
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Highgate Branch Library - inside
Borough of St Pancras - Highgate Branch Library This library was opened by Hi...
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Sir Horace Jones
Architect. Born 15 Size Lane, Bucklersbury, EC4. Did a lot of work in the City, at Guildhall and Smithfield, Billingsgate, Leadenhall Markets, the Guildhall School of Music, Tower Bridge. President...
John Francis Bentley
Church architect. Born Doncaster. The neo-Byzantine Westminster Cathedral is his master work. Other major work in London: Sacred Heart High School at Hammersmith: St Marys at Cadogan Street; Our La...
Merton Place
Country house, built about 1750 for Henry Pratt. Lord Nelson arrived here in 1801 after his separation from his wife Fanny. In his time the grounds were extensive, a quarter square mile. He used ...
Sir Basil Spence
Architect. Born Basil Urwin Spence in Bombay. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, where he won many prizes. His most famous work is probably the new Coventry cathedral which was completed i...
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Palmerston statue
SW1, Parliament Square
{On the front of the plinth and repeated on the back:} Viscount Palmerston {On the base of the statue:} T. Woolner, RA, Sc. 1876 R. Mas...
Mark Tibbs
Professional boxer from Canning Town who worked in the Royal Docks.