Henry Darbishire

Peabody dwellings, Commercial Street, London, designed by Darbishire: a wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863, shortly before the building opened

Henry Astley Darbishire FRIBA JP DL (15 May 1825 – 4 June 1899) was a British architect, best known for working on philanthropic schemes. He worked on projects for Angela Burdett-Coutts, and was the architect for the Peabody Trust from 1863 until 1885,[1] when he was succeeded by Victor Wilkins.[2]

He was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire,[3][4] the son of James Darbishire and his wife, Mary Roberts.[5] He qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1856, and finally retired from practice in 1894.[4]

In 1858, Darbishire married Eliza Paget, sister of Sir Ernest Paget.[6] They had three children: Frederic Astley Darbishire (3 November 1859 – 15 March 1926); Eilie Gwendoline Darbishire (1863–1936); and Harry Vernon Darbishire (2 August 1864 – 29 February 1949) and.[5]

He died in 1899 at Oakdene, Edenbridge, Kent.[7]

  1. ^ "housing association | History of estates | London". Peabody. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "In praise of the Peabody Estates". Apollo-magazine.com. March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ 1871 England Census
  4. ^ a b Davidovici 2017, p. 62.
  5. ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1899). Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 224. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. ^ Fletcher, William George Dimock (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents. Clarke and Hodgson. p. 17. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 6 June 1899. p. 1.