Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith CBE FRIBA FRSE FRIAS (15 March 1927 – 18 March 2023) was a British conservation architect.[1]

James Dunbar-Nasmith was born in Devon,[2] the son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, VC KCB KCMG (1883–1965) and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers CBE. His elder brother was Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, CB DCL (1921–1997). He was educated at Lockers Park School, Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

Dunbar-Nasmith was best known as the architect of Sunninghill Park, the former home of The Duke of York, and Balmoral Estate architect. He was in professional practice as a partner in Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Edinburgh (since 1957), and Hilger, Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Wiesbaden (since 1993).[1]

Dunbar-Nasmith was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and the Edinburgh College of Art, 1978–1988, and later Emeritus Professor at Heriot Watt University.

Dunbar-Nasmith died on 18 March 2023, at the age of 96.[3]

Honours

Dunbar-Nasmith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1976 Birthday Honours "for public services in Scotland",[4] and knighted in the 1996 Birthday Honours "for services to Architecture."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1210. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ "Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith". Scottish Construction Now. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. ^ UK list: "No. 46919". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1976. p. 8023.
  5. ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 2.

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