Ewart Gladstone CULPIN

1877 - 1946  (68 years)

• Name	Ewart Gladstone CULPIN
  Birth	03 Dec 1877	Stevenage, Herts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	05 Apr 1891	Hitchin, Herts   [2]
  10 High Street, Hitchin, age 13, scholar
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Newport, Monmouth, Wales   [3]
  Clythelach Road, Newport, age 23, journalist/author
  Newspaper Report	7 Aug 1908	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: The Town Planning Bill. To the Editor of The Times, Sir, I should be obliged if you would give publicity to the fact that the Garden City Association is prepared to arrange for speakers at meetings and conferences on the subject of town planning during the autumn and winter months. The entire services of Mr Ebenezer Howard, well known throughout the country as the founder of the premier example of town planning, Letchworth Garden City, have been secured for this purpose and I shall be glad to receive applications from any societies, institutions or individuals interested in the matter. It is felt that it is urgently necessary to educate the public of the country as to the importance of town planning, and so prepare the way for useful work being undertaken when the present Bill becomes law. Yours faithfully Ewart G Culpin, Secretary, Garden City Planning Assocation 602 Birkbeck Bank chambers, Holborn, WC
  Census	02 Apr 1911	Ilford, Essex   [5]
  "Letchworth", 1 Holcombe Road, Ilford, age 33, secretary, Garden Cities & Town Planning Associations
  plus Annie Elizabeth Purdom, 19, companion & Emily Hunt, 18 , gsd; house of seven rooms
  Newspaper Report	11 May 1928	St Albans, Herts   [6]
  HERTS ADVERTISER: Photo: Ewart Gladstone Culpin, St Albans, labour candidate
  Newspaper Report	30 Dec 1936	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: News in brief: Invalids. Mr Ewart G Culpin, the vice-chairman of the London County Council, who has spent Christmas in Hammersmith Hospital, hopes to leave at the end of the week. The treatment has been so successful that the expected operation will be unnecessary
  Newspaper Report	2 Jun 1938	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: News in brief: Invalids. Mr Ewart G Culpin, chairman of the London County Council, who has recently undergone an internal operation, was stated yesterday to be progressing favourably.
  Newspaper Report	20 Jun 1938	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: News in brief: Invalids. Mr E G Culpin, chairman of the LCC, on Saturday left Hammersmith Hospital, which he entered on May 26 to undergo an internal operation.
  1939 Register	20 Sep 1939	Wandsworth, London   [7]
  21 Selwyn House, Wandsworth, architect
  Death	01 Dec 1946	London   [8]
  Newspaper Report	2 Dec 1946	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: Obituaries: Mr E G Culpin. Mr Ewart Gladstone Culpin, FRIBA, vice-chairman of London County Council from 1934 to 1937, and chairman from 1938 to 1939, died in London yesterday. He was born in 1877, the son of Ben Ephraim Lamartine and Eliza Culpin. He was educated at Alleyne's Grammar School, Stevenage, and at Hitchin Grammar School. In 1905 he was appointed secretary to the Garden City Association and in 1907 founded the International Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. He wrote many booklets on housing and town planning, and was decorated by several foreign countries for his services in advising them on questions of reconstruction. He was chairman of the Standing Conference on London Regional Planning and a past president of the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors. He married in 1903 Nora Driver; there were two sons of the marriage.
  Newspaper Report	3 Dec 1946	London   [4]
  THE TIMES: Deaths: Culpin. On December 1, 1946 at the Royal Masonic Hospital, Ewart Gladstone Culpin, FRIBA, past Chairman of the LCC and past President of the Town Planning Institute, aged 68. Cremation private.
  Probate	17 Jul 1947	London   [9]
  Notes	CULPIN, Ewart Gladstone (b. 3 December 1877 - d. 1 December 1946) JP, FRIBA; Officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne de la Belgique; Grand Officer of the Crown of Roumania; Commander of Order of the Black Star of Benin; Trustee, Official Czech Refugee Trust Fund; son of Ben Ephraim Lamartine and Eliza Culpin; married 1903, Nora Driver; two sons. Education: Alleynes Gram. School, Stevenage; Hitchin Gram. Sch. Work: Sec. Garden City Association 1905; Founded International Garden Cities and Town Planning Association 1907; President Societe Belge our la reconstruction de la Belgique; Chairman, Standing Conference on London Regional Planning, 1926 -1946. Labour candidate North Islington, 1924; Alderman, LCC,; Vice-Chm, LCC, 1934-1937; Chairman, 1938-1939; Pres. Incorporated Assoc of Architects and Surveyors, 1930; Pres. TPI, 1937-1938. Publications: A number of booklets on Housing and Town Planning. Address: 18 Selwyn House, Manor Fields, Putney Hill, London SQ15. Telephone: Putney 4659. Clubs: Athenaeum. [10]
  Person ID	I731	Freeman-Culpin | Culpin descendants
  Last Modified	1 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Ephraim Lamartin CULPIN, F.G.S.,   b. 09 May 1848, Buntingford, Herts d. 23 Oct 1928, Battle, Sussex (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Eliza MATTHEWS,   b. 27 Oct 1847, Stevenage, Herts d. 25 Mar 1943, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	05 Sep 1870	Hitchin Union Registrar, Hitchin, Herts   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nora DRIVER,   b. 16 May 1879   d. 7 Feb 1964, Epping, Essex (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1903	Meldreth, Cambs   [4, 13]
  Newspaper Report	24 Jul 1903	Meldreth, Cambs   [4]
  CAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENT PRESS: MELDRETH-MARRIAGE. The wedding took place at the Congregational Church on the afternoon of Thursday week of Mr Ewart G Culpin (youngest son of Mr B E L Culpin of Stevenage) and Miss Nora Driver (only daughter of Mr Nathan Driver, Meldreth). The ceremony was performed by the Rev. B Vernon Bird (pastor of the Bunyan Baptist Church, Stevenage, with which the bride and bridegroom were connected.) The bride (who was given away by her father) was dressed in a cream silk dress, trimmed with lace insertion and lace medallions; she also wore a wreath of orange blossom and veil and carried a shower bouquet-the fgift of the bridgegroom.
  Children	+ 1. Clifford Ewart CULPIN,   b. 15 Jul 1904, Biggleswade, Beds d. 08 Oct 1988, Oxford, Oxon (Age 84 years)   2. Private
  Family ID	F415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2020

  
  

• Sources

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