Ruth Donnelly, Graham Boyce, Richard Compton, Lucinda Compton, Richard Taylor and David Wimpenny with the new plaque
Graham Boyce and Ruth Donnelly represented RIBA and NYSA at the unveiling of the Ripon Civic Society commemorative plaque outside the Prison and Police Museum in Ripon on 11 February 2013.
The plaque celebrates aristocratic amateur architect Thomas Philip Robinson (1781-1859), the Third Earl of Grantham, later Second Earl de Grey, and first RIBA President who designed the building. His great, great, great, great grandson Richard Compton of Newby Hall unveiled the plaque.
The plaque celebrates aristocratic amateur architect Thomas Philip Robinson (1781-1859), the Third Earl of Grantham, later Second Earl de Grey, and first RIBA President who designed the building. His great, great, great, great grandson Richard Compton of Newby Hall unveiled the plaque.
The story was covered by the Ripon Gazette and Yorkshire Post
A little bit about Earl de Grey
photo credit: RIBA Library drawings collection. Available to purchase at RIBAPix.com
Earl de Grey became the first President of RIBA after Britain's most eminent architect of the time, Sir John Soanes, refused.
His masterwork was Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, one of the finest houses built in the eighteenth century French style. As a politician and member of the House of Lords, de Grey was in a position to promote the interests of RIBA and the architectural profession. He remained President for 25 years but since his death the rules change to allow his successors to be in post for a maximum of 2 years.
His masterwork was Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, one of the finest houses built in the eighteenth century French style. As a politician and member of the House of Lords, de Grey was in a position to promote the interests of RIBA and the architectural profession. He remained President for 25 years but since his death the rules change to allow his successors to be in post for a maximum of 2 years.
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