Sir Herbert Henry Bartlett, 1st Baronet (30 April 1842 – 23 June 1921) was a civil engineer and contractor responsible for many landmark buildings in London

London

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. Born at Hardington Mandeville

Hardington Mandeville

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, he was chairman and managing director of Perry & Co.

Perry & Co.

Perry & Co., Ltd was the largest English pen-maker company, which manufactured dip pens of a huge range of models. The company also manufactured bicycle chains and accessories .-The beginning:...

, with which he was associated with for 59 years. He was made a Baronet

Baronet

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 in 1913.

He married Ada Charlotte Barr, and on his death his baronetcy passed to his grandson, Basil, after his first son and succussor in the business died prematurely at sea in 1920.

The Bartlett

The Bartlett

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, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London

University College London

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  is named after him, as is the Bartlett Building at University College London

University College London

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. It was opened on 4 June 1920 to house Karl Pearson

Karl Pearson

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's Galton Eugenics Laboratory.

Notable works

Bartlett's contracts and designs included:

• the rebuilt Waterloo Station
  Waterloo station
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• St Thomas' Hospital
  St Thomas' Hospital
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   (his 1896 building was rebuilt in the 1970s)
• improvements at Somerset House
  Somerset House
  Somerset House is a large building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, England, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The central block of the Neoclassical building, the outstanding project of the architect Sir William Chambers, dates from 1776–96. It...
  
  
• various stations on the London Underground
  London Underground
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   between Baker Street
  Baker Street tube station
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   and Waterloo
  Waterloo tube station
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• part of Tower Bridge
  Tower Bridge
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He also assisted Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...

 fitting out his first expedition to the South Pole

South Pole

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 and was a keen yachtsman, being commodore of the Royal London Yacht Club.

Sources

• The Times
  The Times
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  Obituary 4 Jul 1921