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Citizenship

Was he a Canadian citizen? If so, when did he acquire it? Nietzsche 2 (talk) 23:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Death location

The article does not state where he was murdered, other than that it was in his sitting room. It states that he and his second wife moved to Bournemouth in 1929, and that he was murdered in 1935. Did they live in Bournemouth from 1929-1935? Was he murdered in Bournemouth? Nietzsche 2 (talk) 23:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. He was murdered in the sitting room of his house, 'Villa Madeira', in Bournemouth. Because the article doesn't state he left Bournemouth I've left it as is. Incidentally, the charges against Mrs Rattenbury were not dropped; she was found not guilty of two charges, murder and accessory after the fact. I have an account written by an eyewitness to the trial. I think an article should be devoted the murder case but I've only just created an account am unsure of the correct procedure. Is it usual to create articles on crimes (especially famous ones), or are they encompassed in biographical articles? --Jmullaly (talk) 10:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the chart of his works

do we really need the Builder column? Usually the term builder, used in this context, refers to the construction firm that physically build the structure. In the chart context it seems to be synonymous with Architect and since Rattenbury is the architect of all of these, what is the point? Unless he also functioned as the "builder", which I doubt. However before I go and slash and burn the chart I thought I'd post here. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:11, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

pix on BC Archives

Of various things....this one is of Phoenix just after the 1907 fire, the tall gabled structure with the smoke still coming off it is Rattenbury's hotel, I think. Def his style of grandeur. This picture shows what I think is the same building, but not sure it's Rattenbury's; the hotel might have been a much smaller building, and that may be part of the mine operations......but it looks more residential than industrial, no? The Merchants Bank building in Victoria is in the archives somewhere, same with Nanaimo's I think, and the old L-G residence was I think Cary Castle and there's quite a few pics of it in the Archives, haven't looked at the linked article, but there's probably one there. I don't think it's Government House in Rockland that's meant, though that was damaged by fire before rebuilding.Skookum1 (talk) 08:42, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake, mis-remembered the list in the article as "hotel" rather than "hospital"......that tall building might still be it, though.Skookum1 (talk) 05:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was wrong, Carey Castle burned down and it was Rattenbury's building that replaced it; [[hFile:Carey_Castle.jpg}here is Carey Castle]], for the record - built in 1860, amazingly, easily Victoria's largest stone building of its time, I think. Pics of the 2nd government house are not on Government House (British Columbia) so will keep looking for pre-1957 pictures on BC Archives.Skookum1 (talk) 08:48, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

here's one but I think there'll be better quality images yet.Skookum1 (talk) 08:51, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

this one's from 1950. This is a very nice sketch or painting of it in 1955. There's 22 pages of potential pics including interiors.Skookum1 (talk) 08:54, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is Merchant's Bank in Victoria, the columnar building at right, at the intersection.Skookum1 (talk) 08:56, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Family

He is my family I am a Rattenbury and I have been told about him.-B Drew rattenbury (talk) 04:59, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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