Robert William Edis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British architect
Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1839
Place of Birth: Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Jun-1927
Profession: architect
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Robert William Edis
- Colonel Sir Robert William Edis (13 June 1839 – 23 June 1927) was a British architect.Born in Huntingdon, Edis was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School and Aldenham School before being articled to William Gilbee Habershon and Edward Habershon, architects, in London.
- He became chief assistant to Anthony Salvin, and joined the Architectural Association in 1859.
- He was admitted an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1862 and a fellow of the association in 1867.Although his early work was Gothic, Edis later became a proponent of the Queen Anne Style of baroque revival architecture.
- He worked mostly on private houses and public buildings, although he did design a few churches.He later became involved in the Aesthetic Movement of decorative arts and in furniture design, and delivered a series of Cantor lectures on the subject at the Royal Society of Arts.
- These formed the basis of two books: Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses (1881) and Healthy Furniture and Decoration (1884). From 1883, Edis extended and rebuilt Sandringham House in Norfolk for the Prince of Wales.
- He was the designer of the British pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Edis had a long association with the Volunteer Force and its successor the Territorial Force.
- In 1868 he received a commission in the Artists' Rifles.
- He went on to be the regiment's commanding officer in 1883, and held the office of honorary colonel from 1909 until his death.
- He designed the unit's drill hall at Duke's Road, off Euston Road, Camden (now The Place, home of the Contemporary Dance Trust).In January 1889 he was elected a member of the first London County Council, representing St Pancras South for three years as a member of the Conservative-backed Moderate Party.Edis had homes at Ormesby Old Hall, Great Ormesby, Norfolk and Regent's Park, London.
- He was a justice of the peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk from 1901.
- He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 for his military services.Edis died suddenly at his Norfolk home in 1927, aged 88.
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