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Hal Moggridge

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Harry Traherne Moggridge CBE (born 1936) is a British architect and landscape architect, co-founder of Colvin & Moggridge with Brenda Colvin, and former Professor of Landscape Architecture at Sheffield University; a past president of the Landscape Institute and a commissioner of the Royal Fine Art Commission.[1][2]

Early life

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Moggridge was born in London and is the son of Lt-Col Harry Weston Moggridge CMG.[3]

Moggridge trained as an architect, but over time, became primarily a landscape architect.[4]

Career

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In 1965 Moggridge first met Brenda Colvin, and in 1969, she took him on as a business partner, and the practice became Colvin & Moggridge.[5]

Moggridge designed Youlbury House, built from 1969 to 1971 as a weekend home for the barrister William Goodhart (now Lord Goodhart) and his wife Celia Goodhart, who was Moggridge's sister-in-law. It has been Grade II listed since 2009.[4]

Moggridge received a CBE for services to landscape architecture.[6]

Personal life

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In 1962, he married Hon. Catherine Grevile Herbert (born September 1942), the younger daughter of Dennis Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford and the younger sister of The 3rd Baron Hemingford. They have a daughter and two sons together.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Hal Moggridge - Penllergare Valley Woods".
  2. ^ "Moggridge".
  3. ^ a b "Person Page".
  4. ^ a b England, Historic. "YOULBURY HOUSE, Wootton - 1393396- Historic England".
  5. ^ "Colvin & Moggridge  » Practice History".
  6. ^ Owen, Jane (10 December 2005). "Hedge fun" – via The Guardian.
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