David Hamilton (11 May 1768 – 5 December 1843) was a Scottish
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
based in
Glasgow
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. He has been called the "father of the profession" in Glasgow.
Career
Notable works include
Hutchesons' Hall
Hutchesons' Hall is an early nineteenth-century building in Ingram Street, in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and maintained by The National Trust for Scotland, and is a category A listed building.
The current building was construc ...
,
Nelson Monument in
Glasgow Green
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History
In ...
and
Lennox Castle. The
Royal Exchange in Queen Street is David Hamilton's best known building in Glasgow. It was completed in 1829, built around an existing mansion house dating from 1778. It now serves as the city's
Gallery of Modern Art.
In 1835, Hamilton came third in the competition to design the
Houses of Parliament
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(London) and won £500. He was the only Scottish architect to win a prize for his entry.
He is known to have been sculpted by both
William Mossman and
Patric Park.
Thomas Gildard and
John Thomas Rochead were trained by him.
He was father-in-law to the architect
James Smith and maternal grandfather of the infamous
Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Hamilton Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857.
Background
Smith was the first child (of five) of an upper-middle-class ...
.
Gallery of his work
Image:Wfm goma glasgow.jpg, Façade of the Gallery of Modern Art on Queen Street, Glasgow
Image:Eglinton Castle & Tournament Bridge 1884.jpg,
Image:Nelson Monument Glasgow Green.JPG,
Image:Nelson Monument commemorative slab.JPG,
Image:Castlemilk Stables, Machrie Road, Castlemilk, Glasgow - tower details.jpg,
Image:Aikenhead House, King's Park, Glasgow - geograph.org.uk - 678280.jpg,
File:Hafton House - geograph.org.uk - 1300105.jpg, Hafton House in Hunters Quay, Argyll and Bute
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See also
*
Eglinton Tournament Bridge Designed by David Hamilton & restored in 2008.
References
Further reading
*
H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'' (1997) p. 449-452
External links
Profileat ''Glasgow - City of Sculpture''
Dictionary of Scottish Architects: David Hamilton
- contains portrait of David Hamilton
1768 births
1843 deaths
Architects from Glasgow
19th-century Scottish architects
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