Captain Michael Theodore Waterhouse (1888–1968) was a British architect. Waterhouse was the third generation to be President of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supp ...

(1948–1950), following his father

Paul Waterhouse Paul Waterhouse (29 October 1861 – 19 December 1924) was a British architect. Early life Paul Waterhouse was born on 29 October 1861 in Manchester, England. He was the son and business partner of Alfred Waterhouse, an architect who designed ...

and grandfather Alfred Waterhouse.

Personal life

Waterhouse was born 31 August 1888. His father Paul Waterhouse married Palgrave in 1887. Educated at

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and Balliol College, Oxford. He undertook his architectural studies at the

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, where he returned to become a member of the Council from 1921 to 1924, and the

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. On 16 November 1920, Waterhouse married Rissa Barclay (daughter of Hubert Barclay) in London, and they had one son, David, who also went on to be an architect, and three daughters.

Career

In 1912 Waterhouse joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps and in 1914 he was commissioned into the Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and served in Greece and the Near East during the

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. He was awarded the

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and after the war he commanded a regiment in Syria. In the

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he served with the

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. Waterhouse joined his father Paul Waterhouse into the family firm from 1919 to 1924 and then after his father's death he established his own practice with Cedric Ripley in 1925 called Waterhouse and Ripley. His son David joined the practice in 1956. Waterhouse became as associate of the RIBA in 1920 and was president of the institute from 1948 to 1950. He was made

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterhouse, Michael 1888 births 1968 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 20th-century English architects Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Military Cross Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects