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'''Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Baronet''' (30 April 1842 – 23 June 1921) was a civil engineer and contractor responsible for many landmark buildings in [[London]]. |
'''Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Baronet''' (30 April 1842 – 23 June 1921) was a civil engineer and contractor responsible for many landmark buildings in [[London]]. |
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[[File:Herbert Bartlett Grave.jpg|thumb|right|The family grave of Herbert Bartlett in [[Highgate Cemetery]]]] |
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==Life== |
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Bartlett was born at [[Hardington Mandeville]]. Aged 23, he joined Perry & Company, a civil engineering contractor founded by East End carpenter John Perry, based in [[Bow, London|Bow]], east London, in 1865. He became a partner in the business in 1872, and after the death of Perry's three sons, became sole proprietor in 1888.<ref name="Bartlett100">{{cite web |title=The life of Herbert Henry Bartlett |url=https://bartlett100.com/article/the-life-of-herbert-henry-bartlett |website=Bartlett 100 |publisher=UCL Bartlett |accessdate=18 February 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015702/https://bartlett100.com/article/the-life-of-herbert-henry-bartlett |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1897, Bartlett signed a £877,000 contract to construct a deep tube under the Thames from Waterloo to Baker Street - part of the present-day [[Bakerloo Line]].<ref name="Bartlett100"/> |
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Bartlett was president of the [[Chartered Institute of Building|Institute of Builders]] and the London Master Builders Association, and three times Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers]].<ref name="Bartlett100"/> He was made a [[Baronet]] in 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28703 |date=21 March 1913 |page=2158}}</ref> |
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He married Ada Charlotte Barr, and on his death his baronetcy passed to his grandson, Basil, after his first son and successor in the business died prematurely at sea in 1920. |
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He married Ada Charlotte Barr, and had several children. He lived from 1900 at Cornwall Gardens in west London.<ref>'Cornwall Gardens', in Survey of London: Volume 42, Kensington Square To Earl's Court, ed. Hermione Hobhouse (London, 1986), pp. 151-157 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol42/pp151-157 [accessed 19 December 2015].</ref> |
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[[The Bartlett]], the Faculty of the Built Environment at [[University College London]] is named after him, as is the [[Bartlett Building (University College, London)|Bartlett Building]] at [[University College London]]. It was opened on 4 June 1920 to house [[Karl Pearson]]'s [[Galton Eugenics Laboratory]]. |
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He is buried in the family grave, which lies in the western half of [[Highgate Cemetery]] in north [[London]] on the main central path, just below the entrance to the Egyptian Avenue. |
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On his death his baronetcy passed to his grandson, Basil, as his two eldest sons had predeceased him (Herbert Evelyn Barlett, 1875–1917, and Hardington Arthur Bartlett 1877–1920, lost at sea). |
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==Memorials== |
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In 1911, he gave £30,000 to [[University College London]] to fund a new building for the School of Architecture, along with the Department of Applied Statistics and studios for the teaching of sculpture. The donation was initially anonymous, but in 1919 he consented to his name being revealed, and [[The Bartlett]] (the Faculty of the Built Environment) now bears his name.<ref name="Bartlett100"/> |
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Bartlett also made a sizeable donation to [[Ernest Shackleton]]'s first voyage to [[Antarctica]], where the explorer named a peak 'Mount Bartlett' after him.<ref name="Bartlett100"/> |
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== Notable works == |
== Notable works == |
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Bartlett's contracts and designs included: |
Bartlett's contracts and designs included: |
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* [[30 St Mary Axe]] |
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* [[St Thomas' Hospital]] (his 1896 building was rebuilt in the 1970s) |
* [[St Thomas' Hospital]] (his 1896 building was rebuilt in the 1970s) |
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* improvements at [[Somerset House]] |
* improvements at [[Somerset House]] |
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* part of [[Tower Bridge]] |
* part of [[Tower Bridge]] |
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Bartlett was also a keen yachtsman, being [[Commodore (yacht club)|commodore]] of the [[Royal London Yacht Club]]. |
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==References and sources== |
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*''[[The Times]]'' Obituary 4 Jul 1921 |
*''[[The Times]]'' Obituary 4 Jul 1921 |
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* [http://thepeerage.com/p13459.htm#i134589 The Peerage: Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Bt.] Retrieved 2012-11-08 |
* [http://thepeerage.com/p13459.htm#i134589 The Peerage: Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Bt.] Retrieved 2012-11-08 |
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| NAME = Bartlett, Herbert |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British engineer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 30 April 1842 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 23 June 1921 |
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 15 December 2024
Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Baronet (30 April 1842 – 23 June 1921) was a civil engineer and contractor responsible for many landmark buildings in London.
Life
[edit]Bartlett was born at Hardington Mandeville. Aged 23, he joined Perry & Company, a civil engineering contractor founded by East End carpenter John Perry, based in Bow, east London, in 1865. He became a partner in the business in 1872, and after the death of Perry's three sons, became sole proprietor in 1888.[1] In 1897, Bartlett signed a £877,000 contract to construct a deep tube under the Thames from Waterloo to Baker Street - part of the present-day Bakerloo Line.[1]
Bartlett was president of the Institute of Builders and the London Master Builders Association, and three times Master of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.[1] He was made a Baronet in 1913.[2]
He married Ada Charlotte Barr, and had several children. He lived from 1900 at Cornwall Gardens in west London.[3]
He is buried in the family grave, which lies in the western half of Highgate Cemetery in north London on the main central path, just below the entrance to the Egyptian Avenue.
On his death his baronetcy passed to his grandson, Basil, as his two eldest sons had predeceased him (Herbert Evelyn Barlett, 1875–1917, and Hardington Arthur Bartlett 1877–1920, lost at sea).
Memorials
[edit]In 1911, he gave £30,000 to University College London to fund a new building for the School of Architecture, along with the Department of Applied Statistics and studios for the teaching of sculpture. The donation was initially anonymous, but in 1919 he consented to his name being revealed, and The Bartlett (the Faculty of the Built Environment) now bears his name.[1]
Bartlett also made a sizeable donation to Ernest Shackleton's first voyage to Antarctica, where the explorer named a peak 'Mount Bartlett' after him.[1]
Notable works
[edit]Bartlett's contracts and designs included:
- the rebuilt Waterloo station
- St Thomas' Hospital (his 1896 building was rebuilt in the 1970s)
- improvements at Somerset House
- various stations on the London Underground between Baker Street and Waterloo
- part of Tower Bridge
Bartlett was also a keen yachtsman, being commodore of the Royal London Yacht Club.
References and sources
[edit]- References
- ^ a b c d e "The life of Herbert Henry Bartlett". Bartlett 100. UCL Bartlett. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 28703". The London Gazette. 21 March 1913. p. 2158.
- ^ 'Cornwall Gardens', in Survey of London: Volume 42, Kensington Square To Earl's Court, ed. Hermione Hobhouse (London, 1986), pp. 151-157 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol42/pp151-157 [accessed 19 December 2015].
- Sources
- The Times Obituary 4 Jul 1921
- The Peerage: Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Bt. Retrieved 2012-11-08
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
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