Background
Francis Edmund Hayman Fowler was born around 1819 and baptised in that year in Bristol. In February 1849, Fowler married Caroline Neville Nichols, daughter of Charles Nichols, at Street James The Less, Thorndike Street, London.
Francis Edmund Hayman Fowler was born around 1819 and baptised in that year in Bristol. In February 1849, Fowler married Caroline Neville Nichols, daughter of Charles Nichols, at Street James The Less, Thorndike Street, London.
He had a sister Eliza. In 1850, he was living at 21 Saville Row, Street James, according to the Rate Books for that year. Early in his career he suffered a reversal when he was bankrupted in 1852 in connection with a property transaction.
His address at the time was Brownlow Road, Dalston, late of Vauxhall Road.
The profession given was "builder". But by the early 1860s he was working as an architect and was responsible for the design of the expansion of the Alexandra Hotel, Knightsbridge, (originally the Wallace Hotel) which opened in 1864.
In 1865 he was promoted from lieutenant to captain in the London Irish Rifle Volunteer Corps. Fowler died on 24 February 1893.
At the time of his death he was living at Sintra House, Acre Lane, Brixton.
His estate was valued at £15,662 (£2 million as of 2016). Fowler charged his freehold houses at Newcastle Street, Strand, and Regent Hall, Oxford Street, with the payment of the annuities.
He was a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works but was forced to resign after being found guilty of corruption.