Hugh Roumieu Gough Explained

Hugh Roumieu Gough FRIBA (1843–1904)^{[1] [2]} was an English architect who practised mainly in the London area.^[3]

Family

Born in Islington, London, he was the son of the architect Alexander Dick Gough (who at the time was working in partnership with Robert Lewis Roumieu)^[4] and Marie Curtis.^[5]

Career

After being articled to his father, Gough studied in France, Germany, Belgium and Holland before joining the War Department in 1864, serving as chief draughtsman at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich from 1865 to 1866. He entered private practice in 1870.^[5]

In 1879 Gough was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) and served two terms as President of the Society of Architects (1885–1886 and 1886–1887).^[5]

Notable works

Notable works include:^[5]

• 1878-1879: Army and Navy Club, London (dining room and smoking room)
• 1882: St Bartholomew's, Greens Norton, Northamptonshire (chancel arch)
• 1882: St Peter's, Greatworth, Northamptonshire (chancel arch)
• 1882-1883: St Paul's, Hammersmith, London (with John Pollard Seddon)
• 1884-1887: St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, London
• 1887: St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, London (octagonal vestry and lady chapel^[6]

He died in Fulham, London, on 6 November 1904 and is buried in Hammersmith Cemetery.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006.
2. Web site: Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007.
3. https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=289480&WINID=1649257627980 London Picture Archive, "Hugh Roumieu Gough", record no. 289310
4. Web site: Alexander Dick Gough. OxfordIndex. 31 July 2015.
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=vWIoAAAAYAAJ&dq=hammersmith+cemetery+hugh+roumieu+gough&pg=PA548 Who's Who 1903 (London, 1903)
6. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol42/pp368-386 Survey of London: Volume 42, Kensington Square To Earl's Court