BLORE

Edward ( eld. son of Thomas Blore of Derby, topographer 1764–1818 ). b. Derby 13 Sep. 1787; architect and artist; designed exterior of Abbots ford for Sir Walter Scott 1816; designed organ-screen and choir fittings of Peter borough cathedral; restored Glasgow cathedral and Merton college chapel; special architect to Wm. iv and Victoria; completed erection of Bucking ham Palace for £100,000, 1837; architect at Westminster Abbey; declined honour of knighthood; F.S.A. 27 Nov. 1823; D.C.L. Oxford 1834; F.R.S. 10 June 1841; a founder of Royal Archæological Institute Dec. 1843; author of The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain 1825. d. 4 Manchester sq. London 4 Sep. 1879. Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. viii , 347–52 (1881); I.L.N. lxxv , 280 (1879), portrait .