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- In 1891, George was a student in Eastbourne
In 1901, Florence and her brother George are living with their aunt and uncle Francis and Emily Thompson at "Lynton" Haling Park Road. George is an Articled Clerk
University Archives Sir George L. Pepler Papers. Ref.Code GB249 T/PEP
Sir George L. Pepler (1882-1959) was born in Croydon and educated at Bootham and
Ley schools. He trained as a surveyor but was drawn to housing and town
planning. He was a member of the National Housing and Town Planning Council and
in 1908 won two gold medals at the Wolverhampton Model Housing Exhibition with
his partner, Ernest G. Allen.
In 1911, George is listed as an Architect and Surveyor and living with his family and two servants at Apsley, Beechwood Road
In 1913 he was instrumental in founding the Town Planning Institute for which he
remained both Honorary Secretary and Treasurer , and was twice President from
1919-1920 and 1949-1950. In 1914 he joined the Local Government Board, taking
over the organization of the Greater London Arterial Road Conferences. He was
Chief Town Planning Inspector to the Ministry of Health from 1919-1941, and
Chief Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning from
1943-1946.
In 1920 he became a member of the Committee on Unhealthy Areas and was twice
president of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning from
1935-1938 and 1947-1952. In 1947 he prepared the Town and Country Planning Act,
which made planning an integral part of the business of both central and local
government. He was a town planning consultant for Renfrewshire County Council
between 1948 and 1956, and Town Planning Adviser to the Colony of Singapore
between 1950 and 1954.
He was Chairman of the National Playing Fields Associations' Grounds and Layout
Committee from 1949-1959 and both Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Council for
the Preservation of Rural England's Central Panels Committee between 1952 and
1959.
Between 1948 and 1953 he lectured at the University of Cambridge in the
Department of Estate Management and generously praised Sir Patrick Geddes whose
work he greatly admired.
Summary of Records:
Minutes, papers etc. of the Town Planning Institute; Minutes, papers etc. of the
National Playing Fields Association; Minutes, papers etc. of the Council for the
Preservation of Rural England; Minutes, papers etc. of the Royal Institute of
British Architects/Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Minutes, papers
etc. of the Town and Country Planning Association; Development plans;
Legislation; Minutes, papers etc. relating to Singapore and other Commonwealth
work; Minutes, papers etc. relating to international work; Papers relating to
Town Planning education; Personal correspondence; Town Planning information;
Press cuttings and photographs; Sheet plans, maps, atlases and charts.
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