James Dunbar-Nasmith
Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith (15 March 1927 – 18 March 2023) was a British conservation architect. James Dunbar-Nasmith was born in Devon, the son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, KCMG (1883–1965) and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers. His elder brother was Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, (1921–1997).
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James Dunbar-Nasmith
- Born
- James Dunbar-Nasmith was born on 15 March 1927.
- Died
- James Dunbar-Nasmith died on 18 March 2023.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects · Knight Bachelor
- Languages
- English
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Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith (15 March 1927 – 18 March 2023) was a British conservation architect. James Dunbar-Nasmith was born in Devon, the son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, KCMG (1883–1965) and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers. His elder brother was Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, (1921–1997).
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He was educated at Lockers Park School, Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. 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). 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.
James Dunbar-Nasmith studied at Edinburgh College of Art. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with Heriot-Watt University. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Knight Bachelor.
Dunbar-Nasmith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1976 Birthday Honours "for public services in Scotland", and knighted in the 1996 Birthday Honours "for services to Architecture."
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