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P0267 · Person · 1785 - 1862

John RIddell was an advocate and genealogist in the 19th century. He was eldest son of Anne and grandson of John Glassford of Dougalston, other relatives of his include Sir John Nisbet of Dean and Henry Riddell of Little Govan. Educated for the law, Riddell was called to the Scottish bar in 1807.

Riddell made genealogy and Scottish peerage law a special study and he prepared the Crawford and Montrose peerage cases for James Lindsay, the 24th Earl of Crawford, as well as working on the genealogy of Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath.

Riddell died unmarried at his house, 57 Melville Street, Edinburgh, on 8 Feb 1862. He was then buried in the Dean Cemetery on the west side of Edinburgh. Riddell left a number of manuscripts which were acquired by the Advocates' and Signet Libraries in Edinburgh, as was stated in his will.

P0300 · Person · 1808 - 1883

David Rhind was born in Edinburgh in 1808, the son of John Rhind and his wife Marion Anderson. His father was cashier to the Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Company, and had significant legal and professional connections. David's choice of architecture may not have been looked upon favourably as he did not begin his training until after the death of his father. He then became a pupil of George Smith, one of William Burn's former clerks in 1827, 1828 or 1829, according to a letter written by Burn to the Duke of Buccleuch in 1836. He then trained in London, apparently in the drawing office of Augustus Charles Pugin. While there he became friends with Charles Barry. Thereafter he completed his training by travelling in Italy, perhaps upon Barry's recommendation.

Rhind began practice in Edinburgh in 1828 from his mother's house on Forres Street. His first commissions were from the Commercial Bank, probably through family connections there. James Gillespie Graham, hitherto the bank architect and a friend of the younger Pugin, may have helped Rhind earn these early commissions, although Gillespie Graham's precarious financial position makes that somewhat unlikely. During this period Rhind entered the competition for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament; the design was not premiated and unfortunately no longer exists. Later in the 1830s Rhind entered and won the competition for the Scott Monument in Glasgow. This led him to meet the sculptor Handyside Ritchie, who influenced his use of sculptural ornament in his architecture and executed the sculpture of many further commissions.

Rhind's use of sculpture came into fruition with his first major commission, the Head Office of the Commercial Bank of Scotland in George Street, Edinburgh in 1843, where he was given relatively free rein to design a bank which would eclipse those of the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Rhind organised a commission for the pedimental sculpture. James Wyatt won the competition and Handyside Ritchie executed the deeply undercut figures. Rhind thereafter became architect to the bank, designing virtually all its branch offices, many of which were to reflect the opulence of the head office. The most ambitious of these branch offices was that in Glasgow, a Roman palazzo style design from 1854, but nearly all of the branch offices in smaller towns had real distinction in an astylar palazzo form as at Perth, Hawick and Jedburgh, the earlier ones being very similar to those designed by his pupil John Dick Peddie for the Royal Bank.

Rhind's success at the Head Office on George Street led to his appointment as architect to the Trustees of Daniel Stewart, but here he had a difficult time producing a satisfactory design within budget. Rhind was also appointed architect to the Life Association of Scotland, probably through family connections. His commission to provide them a new head office by combining two existing buildings on Princes Street became a public controversy; Rhind found it impossible to stick to instructions or budget, and drawings in the DPM Collection at RCAHMS show that John Dick Peddie was involved in some of the earlier schemes. Finally he produced an elaborate design for a Venetian High Renaissance palazzo which required the destruction of most of the existing premises. At Rhind's suggestion, Sir Charles Barry was consulted in London for an opinion, and Rhind's consequent instructions were to redesign the ground floor according to Barry's design to accommodate more shop space, and combine it with his original elevation which was modified to accommodate mezzanines. The commission was ultimately damaging to Rhind's reputation, in part due to structural problems because retained internal walls proved unable to support the new structure.

Nonetheless, Rhind remained a prominent designer of commercial buildings and was active in professional organizations. In 1836, Rhind was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh and contributed to the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. He was an active Mason. By 1840 he was a founding member and treasurer of the Institute of Architects in Scotland, and in 1855 he became the first architect to be elected President of the Scottish Society of Arts. He was also a member of the Established Church and an elder of St Andrew's Church on George Street. This connection perhaps influenced his appointment in 1860 as architect to the General Assembly of the Church in Scotland, for whom he skillfully extended the Assembly's meeting hall and built the Normal School on Chambers Street.

Although his official position remains unclear, Rhind also served as an architect to the Prison Board, and built many Sheriff Court houses. He seems to have again earned this position on account of family connections, his brother McDuff Rhind being a sheriff. His courthouse designs were stylistically varied, relying more on baronial traditions than the Commercial Bank branch offices. Again, in Oban, he underestimated the building costs and legal opinion had to be sought.

Rhind was never a prolific domestic architect, though he showed an interest in bold, sculptural Scots Baronial, as best exemplified in Carlowrie Castle in 1851-52, similar in style to his courthouses at Dumfries and Selkirk.

Rhind married Emily Shoubridge who died in 1840, when she was only twenty-eight. He married again in 1845, to Mary Jane Sackville-Pearson and started a second family. He was survived by eight children: Lucy, Agnes, Emily, Marion Alicia, Edith, Ernest Sackville, Williamson, and David Edward. As many as five more may have died in infancy. He retired as late as 1882, and died at 12 Selwood Terrace, Onslow Gardens, London on 26 April 1883. He left moveable estate of £359 13s 0d + £279 10s 2d. His obituarist reports that 'he was much respected by his professional brethren, many of whom, now occupying grand positions in the city, passed through his office'. His pupils included Robert Morham and Hippolyte Jean Blanc as well as Peddie.

Raploch Primary School
C0089 · Corporate body · c. 1854 -

Raploch Primary is a non-denominational school serving the Raploch area of Stirling and is situated within Raploch Community Campus on Drip Road. The school is a feeder primary for Wallace High School. The Raploch Community Campus was part of a major re-generation of the whole Raploch area. Raploch Primary moved to the Campus in February 2008.
The Campus is shared with Our Lady’s RC Primary, Castleview School, Raploch Nursery and Family Centre, and Playhaven Out of School Care. In addition, Forth Valley College and Community Services are located in the Community Wing of the Campus.

P0028 · Person · 1809 – 1850

Born 29 May 1809, only son of George Ramsay of Barnton and Hon. Jean Hamilton, daughter of Robert, 8th Baronet of Belhaven. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1828 and married 04 Aug 1828, Hon. Mary Sandilands, daughter of James, 10th Baronet of Torpichen. Died 15 Mar 1850.

P0179 · Person · 1756 – 1823

Sir Henry Raeburn FRSE RA RSA (/ˈreɪbərn/; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a British portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.

Queen Victoria School
C0057 · Corporate body · 1908 -

Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, was built through subscriptions from personnel serving in the armed forces and other interested parties. The school was primarily created in memory of those who had died in the South African wars of the late 19th Century.

The school opened on 28th September 1908 by King Edward VII who also laid the foundation stone situated at the schools chapel. The school was originally only open to boys with inclusion of girls in 1996

Prudential
C0590 · Corporate body · 1848 -

Prudential plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It was founded in London in May 1848 to provide loans to professional and working people. Scottish Amicable was acquired by Prudential in 1997.

P0333 · Person · 1921 - 2021

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark,[1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921[fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was consort of the British monarch from 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021 as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He is the longest-serving royal consort in history.