Martin Bragg Caroe FSA (15 November 1933 − 19 November 1999) was an English

conservation architect Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

, and partner in Caroe & Partners from 1963 until his death.

Biography

Caroe was born on 15 November 1933 was the son of the architect

Alban Caroe Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FSA FRIBA (17 April 1904 − 11 December 1991) was a British architect. Life He was the son of the architect W. D. Caröe and brother of Sir Olaf Caroe. He married Gwendolen Mary Bragg (1907–1982), daught ...

and Gwendolen Mary (née Bragg), daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and

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(BA, 1957)."Caroe, Martin Bragg, (15 Nov. 1933–19 Nov. 1999), conservation architect, specialising in the care of historic buildings; Partner, Caroe & Partners, since 1963." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHOThe Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991 He married Mary Elizabeth Roskill in 1962 and they had three daughters and two sons: *Rebecca Elizabeth Caroe (born 14 July 1965, in

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) *William Desborough Caroe (6 May 1967, in Camberwell − 17 September 1974, in

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

( road traffic accident)) * Oliver Bragg Caroe (born 24 August 1968, in Vann, Hambledon * Ruth Gwendolen Caroe (born 20 September 1972, in Vann, Hambledon) * Emily Grace Mary Caroe (born 24 August 1976, in Vann, Hambledon)

References

External links

* https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-martin-caroe-1131212.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110927070546/http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/Obituary%20archive/martin-caroe 1933 births 1999 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Architects from Surrey {{UK-architect-stub