Gilbert Smith Doughty


Captain Gilbert Smith Doughty CE was an architect based in Nottingham and Matlock.

History

He was born in Nottinghamshire in 1862, the son of Edwin Doughty and Annie Smith. He was a pupil at University School, Nottingham and then studied at the Nottingham School of Art and in 1879 his design for a mantlepiece and glass was included in the annual exhibition.
On 12 April 1894 he married May Edgcombe Rendle in Winslow.
He served for a time in the Robin Hood Rifles, and in 1894 was appointed a captain. He resigned his commission on 13 May 1896.
In 1893 he took over the practice of Mr. George Edward Statham in Matlock.
He died in 1909 of alcoholism at his home in Prebend Mansions, Chiswick.

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