Authorised form of name | Barry; Sir; Charles (1795 - 1860) |
Dates | 1795 - 1860 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Bridge Street, Westminster, England |
Date of birth | 23 May 1795 |
Place of death | The Elms, Clapham Common |
Date of death | 12 May 1860 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Westminster Abbey |
Occupation | Architect |
Activity | Career: Articled to a firm of surveyors; travelled in France, Italy, Greece and Egypt (1817-1820); designed the College of Surgeons, London; his design chosen for the new Houses of Parliament, after the fire of 1834 (work began 1840); knighted by Queen Victoria on the day she opened the Victoria Tower (1852); died of heart disease Honours: Kt 1852 Memberships: RA (1841)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
Relationships | Son of Walter Edward Barry, stationer; father of Sir John Wolfe Barry (FRS 1895) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1860-1862 vol 11 pp i-iii |
Code | NA3730 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1849/04 | Barry, Sir Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/000275 | Barry, Sir Charles | nd |
IM/000276 | Barry, Sir Charles | nd |
NLB/67/674 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Editor of 'Archicecture'; Society of Architects, 28 Bedford Square, W.C.1. | 12 February 1925 |