Ridout, Thomas Jr.

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ridout_(architect)
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Thomas Ridout (October 17, 1828 – July 3, 1905) was a Canadian architect and railway engineer.
    • Ridout was the son of Upper Canada official and banker Thomas Gibbs Ridout and grandson of Surveyor General of Upper Canada Thomas Ridout.
    • Ridout completed his training at King’s College, London and returned to Toronto in 1850 to practice under a short-lived partnership of Cumberland and Ridout.
    • His architecture career was dim so with his family’s influence left Toronto in 1852 to become assistant engineer with the Great Western Railway in Hamilton, Ontario, with a short-lived engineering practice with Sandford Fleming in 1857, and then to Ottawa, Ontario in 1875 with the Department of Railways and Canals.
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=1181
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217033531/thomas-ridout