George Gilbert Scott and the Scott family in Boston Sources used – GGS memoirs Sources used – GGS manifesto Sources used – newspapers and documents Lincolnshire Chronicle “A public meeting was held in the Assembly Rooms to receive the final report of the Restoration Committee…” Who was George Gilbert Scott? The greatest architect of the Victorian Age – and one of the greatest British architects ever • 52 major public buildings • 55 domestic buildings • 67 new churches and cathedrals • 62 major church and cathedral restorations • Worked on 800 buildings worldwide Albert Memorial and St Pancras Station Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Glasgow University Great Hall Bombay University and Christchurch Cathedral New Zealand “From Greenland’s icy mountains to India’s coral strand…” Family of architects • George Gilbert Scott 1811 – 78 • Son George Gilbert Scott Junior 1839 - 97 • Son John Oldrid Scott 1841 – 1913 • Grandson Charles Marriot Oldrid Scott 1880 - 1952 • Grandson Giles Gilbert Scott 1880 – 1960 • Grandson Adrian Gilbert Scott 1882 – 1963 • Great Grandson Richard Gilbert Scott b 1923