About Frederick William Porter
Lived 1821 – 1901 (aged 80). Frederick William Porter was a British architect.
Frederick William Porter (19 October 1821 – 17 November 1901) was an Anglo-Irish architect.
Biography Frederick William Porter was born in Rathmines, Dublin, on 19 October 1821, the second son of William Edward Porter (1783-1859) and his wife Anne (née Coultate).
Porter was a pupil of Lewis Vulliamy. He also designed the bank's branch at 66 Trafalgar Square, completed in 1871.
In 1875, St James' Church, Islington, designed by Porter, was opened.
His son Horace Porter (1861–1918) was also an architect. His daughter Bertha Porter was a biographer and bibliographer.
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Irish architect
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Frederick William Porter was born on 19 October 1821 in Rathmines.
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Frederick William Porter died on 17 November 1901 in Hythe.
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Frederick William Porter was an architect.
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Frederick William Porter was British.
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