William Booker (architect)


William Booker was an English architect based in Nottingham.

Career

He was born on 2 November 1800 in Nottingham, the son of Richard Booker and Hannah Davis and baptised in St Mary's Church, Nottingham on 9 November 1800.
He married Eliza Foster, daughter of John Foster and Elizabeth of Nottingham. They had the following three children who entered into an architectural partnership in Nottingham.
He learned his trade in the offices of Henry Moses Wood.
He was admitted to the freedom of the Borough of Nottingham in 1831. He was surveyor to the Freemen’s Rights’ Committee as the referee under the Nottingham Enclosure Act.
He died on 20 December 1861 at Cromwell Terrace, Nottingham and was buried in the Nottingham General Cemetery.

Notable works