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Henry Richard Yeoville Yardley Thomason (17 July 1826 – 19 July 1901) was a British architect active in Birmingham. He was born in Edinburgh to a Birmingham family, and set up his own practice in Birmingham 1853–54.[1]
Yeoville Thomason was a grandson of Sir Edward Thomason, a silversmith and medallist in Birmingham, and son of Henry Botfield Thomason and Elizabeth Yardley.[citation needed]
He was a pupil of Charles Edge, and after qualifying as an architect he worked for the borough surveyor. He designed the Council House after winning a competition.
As architect to Birmingham, Dudley and District Banking Company he designed several bank buildings in the area.[1]
He retired in 1896. He died in 1901 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
He designed, amongst others:
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