HUDSON-HOLDGATE, John Graham (Lt Col)

Architect

From 1898 HUDSON-HOLDGATE was articled in London to one JT Holdgate, probably a relation of his. Later he was employed as a junior assistant in the offices of EO Jacks and of Sill & Leeds in London. He then joined the London County Council Architects Department (n.d.) during which period he measured Hampton Court Palace in his spare time and travelled in Europe. During the First World War he was on active service in Flanders and by 1917 he was a ROYAL ENGINEER in charge of Boulogne South Base Work. Soon after the end of the war he came out to South Africa. He joined the Public Works Department in Pretoria in 1920 and remained in the Public service until he retired (n.d.); he was elected a Fellow of the RIBA in 1927.

Mem TPIA; ISAA 1927; FRIBA 1927

(ISAA mem list; FRIBA nom papers (1927) 2541; SAAR Jun 1954 death notice)

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

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Hospital: 1924. Cathcart, Eastern Cape - Project Architect

Leper Hospital: 1924. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Police Barracks: 1924. Springs, Gauteng - Architect

Police Station: 1924. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Post Office: 1924. Springs, Gauteng - Architect

Public Offices: 1924. Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect

University of Cape Town, Science Block: 1924. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Books citing HUDSON-HOLDGATE

ISAA. 1927. Register of Members the Institute of South African Architects. Johannesburg: ISAA (Unpublished Record). pp H9