H. Chalton Bradshaw

{{Short description|British architect}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Harold Chalton Bradshaw

| image = Guards memorial.jpg

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| caption = Guards' Memorial, St James Park, 1926

| birth_date = 15 February 1893

| birth_place = Liverpool

| death_date = 15 October 1943

| nationality = British

| known_for = Architecture

| movement = Arts & Crafts

| notable_works = Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Cambrai Memorial to the Missing

}}

Harold Chalton Bradshaw {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRIBA}} (15 February 1893 – 15 October 1943){{archINFORM|arch|25977}}, 23 October 2007, accessed 28 December 2007 was a Liverpool-born architect, recipient of the first Rome scholarship in Architecture (1913) & first Secretary of The Royal Fine Art Commission.

His design work included the British School at Rome's Common Room (1924, as projected by Edwin Lutyens)[http://www.bsr.ac.uk/BSR/sub_about/BSR_About_01History.htm British School at Rome early history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231070439/http://www.bsr.ac.uk/bsr/sub_about/BSR_About_01History.htm |date=2007-12-31 }}, accessed 28 December 2007 and several Commonwealth War Graves Commission First World War cemeteries and memorials, including the Cambrai Memorial in France[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/79300 Commonwealth War Graves Commission], accessed 28 December 2007 and the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and its surrounding cemetery.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/88800 Commonwealth War Graves Commission], accessed 28 December 2007 He also designed the Guards' Division Memorial in St. James's Park in London.[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.11359 United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials], accessed 28 December 2007

He received an honorary Degree of Master in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 1930, and lectured at The Architectural Association.University of Liverpool [http://www.liv.ac.uk/commsec/pdfs/emeritus_professors,_chairs_and_honorary_graduates.pdf List of Emeritus Professors, Chairs and Honorary Graduates]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} p506 (p75 of 81 in this file), accessed 28 December 2007

Bradshaw married Mary Taylor, an archaeologist, in 1918. They had three children: Christopher, a graphic designer; Julian, a physicist; and Anthony, a professor of botany.Barker, Nicolas [https://archive.today/20130420142255/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article38916.ece Obituary: Christopher Bradshaw], The Independent (London), 29 July 2004, accessed 28 December 2007

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Category:1893 births

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Category:Architects from Liverpool

Category:Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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