Thomas Oliver (1791-1857)
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Thomas Oliver (1791-1857)
English classical architect and surveyor active in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of a number of talented local architects who worked with Richard Grainger on the development of Newcastle
Born in Crailing, Roxburghshire, the son of weaver Adam Oliver (1749–1793) and Elizabeth Bell (1762–1829).
He was educated at Jedburgh School.
Oliver married twice, first in 1814 to Margaret Lorimer, the daughter of a Kelso mason and second in about 1840 to Elizabeth Best (1800–1886) from Yorkshire.
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