William Henry Hamlyn FRIBA (16 February 1889 – 1968) was an architect based in England noted for his buildings for the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

. He was born in Wigan in Lancashire. He studied architecture with

Reginald Wynn Owen Reginald Wynn Owen FRIBA (23 July 1876 – 15 May 1950) was a British architect noted for his work for the London and North Western Railway. He was born in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, the sixth child of Elijah Wynn Owen and Elizabeth. He train ...

in Liverpool and later at the Royal Academy School. He entered railway service in 1911 initially with the

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. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1934 and became the chief architect for the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...

company. He drew up plans with

Percy Thomas Sir Percy Edward Thomas OBE (13 September 1883 – 19 August 1969) was an Anglo-Welsh architect who worked in Wales for the majority of his life. He was twice RIBA president (1935–37 and 1943–46). Biography Percy Edward Thomas was born on ...

for the rebuilding of

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in 1936, but the outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

resulted in their cancellation He designed a series of pre-fabricated railway stations which were built on blitz-damaged station sites from 1945 onwards. A prototype was erected at Queen’s Park railway station and the first installation was destined for

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. He retired in 1949 and died in 1968.

List of works

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamlyn 20th-century English architects 1889 births 1968 deaths British railway architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects People from Wigan Architects from Greater Manchester