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Francis Mawson Rattenbury (11 October 1867 – 28 March 1935) was a British architect although most of his career was spent in British Columbia, Canada, where he designed the province's legislative building among other public commissions. Divorced amid scandal, he was murdered in England at the age of 67 by his second wife's lover.
Mar 23, 2013 · During the height of his success, Francis Mawson Rattenbury seemed an unlikely object of scandal. He had arrived in British Columbia from his native England in 1892, a 25-year-old architect of meagre experience but full of charm and self-confidence.
Francis Mawson Rattenbury, architect (born 11 October 1867 in Leeds, England; died 28 March 1935 in Bournemouth, England). One of the famous chateau-style hotels, designed by Francis Rattenbury (photo by Thomas Kitchin).
Feb 14, 2017 · Learn about the life and career of Francis Rattenbury, a prominent architect in British Columbia who designed the legislative buildings and Prince Rupert. Discover how he met and married Alma Pakenham, a mysterious woman who influenced his fate.
The life of Francis Mawson Rattenbury reads like fiction. An architect whose work defined the Victoria skyline, he left a legacy of great public buildings in the capital city of British Columbia. He won his first prestigious commission there — the Parliament Buildings — at the age of 25 and then began a 30-year cycle of creativity.
Francis Mawson Rattenbury was among the most successful members of the first generation of professionally trained architects who worked in Canada, and, with Samuel Maclure*, a founder of a legitimate, if derivative, west-coast architectural idiom.
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Francis Rattenbury was an architect who helped shape the landscape of Western Canada. From his drawings came buildings that have become Western Canadian icons – The British Columbia Legislature, The Empress Hotel, The Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Crystal Gardens.
