William Beresford Inglis (died 1967) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 architect

Architect

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. He came from a large family with 6 siblings. His office was in Blythswood Square in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 near his most important work, the Beresford Hotel

Beresford Hotel

The Beresford, formerly a hotel in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, is a mixed-use building combining privately owned and serviced apartments operated by The B Suites...

 on Sauchiehall Street

Sauchiehall Street

Sauchiehall Street is one of the main shopping/business streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street, it forms the main shopping area of Glasgow, containing the majority of Glasgow's high street and chain stores.Although commonly associated with the...

 (restored in 2003 as residential apartments). He also built 4 cinema

Movie theater

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s in Glasgow; The Toledo

ABC Muirend/Toledo

The ABC cinema , on Clarkston Road in the Muirend area of Glasgow, existed from 1933 to 2001. At the time of its closing, it was the second oldest working cinema in Glasgow, Scotland.-History:...

 in Muirend

Muirend

Muirend is an area on the Southside of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Although most of the district falls within the city proper, part of Muirend lies outwith the city boundary in the adjoining council area of East Renfrewshire...

, The Vogue in Anniesland

Anniesland

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, the Boulevard in Knightswood

Knightswood

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 and the Hippodrome in Oatlands

Oatlands, Glasgow

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. He was helped in this operation by his eldest daughter Margaret Helen Scott Inglis. He died in 1967 in Keighley

Keighley

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, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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. He was survived by his third wife. His first wife died on Arran

Isle of Arran

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 during a family holiday, and his second wife divorced him and emigrated to New Zealand

New Zealand

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with the couple's two daughters.