Item 8 - Letter to the Master

William Milner Fawcett was born at Woodhouse, near Leeds, on 12 July 1832 and was the 3rd son of the Rev. James, vicar of Knaresborough.
He was educated at Leeds Grammar School before being admitted to Jesus College as a pensioner on 26 May 1855.
B.A. 1859 and M.A. 1862.

He started to practise as an architect in Cambridge in 1859.
Made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1866, and served as a member of the council, 1871-1873 and 1884-1889, and as vice-president, 1896-1900.
He was made county surveyor for Cambridgeshire in 1861, and diocesan surveyor for the diocese of Ely in 1871.
He designed J.C.B.C.'s first boathouse (built in 1883 and destroyed by fire in 1932).
He carried out work on the Cavendish Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital and colleges in Cambridge, built the city's police station, and remodelled the county gaol. He also restored churches and worked on houses throughout the country.

He died at his house, 3 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, on 27 December 1908.