William Vallance Betts

Nottingham Co-operative Society, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham. 1914–16 and 1925-26

William Vallance Betts LRIBA (1862 – 10 July 1933) was an English architect based in Nottingham.

Career

Born in 1862, the son of William Betts (1835–1909) and Mary Vallance (b. 1829), William V. Betts was articled to Herbert Walker in Nottingham and later became his assistant. From 1887 to 1888, he was assistant to George Haslam in Ilkeston. Betts commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1888 and later went into partnership with his son, Albert William Betts.

He married Hannah Hoole (1866–1931) in 1888 in Basford, and they had the following children: Annie Vallance Betts (1890–1981) Albert William Betts (1892–1963) Frank Cecil Betts (1895–1963) Ernest Pollard Betts (1896–1972) Jennie Betts (b. 1900) Herbert Betts (1903–1989)

Betts died on 10 July 1933, aged 70 or 71, and was buried at Basford Cemetery. He left an estate valued at £11,264.

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