Captain Michael Theodore Waterhouse Commander of the Order of the British Empire was a British architect.
Background
Waterhouse was the third generation to be President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1948–1950), following his father Paul Waterhouse and grandfather Alfred Waterhouse. Waterhouse was born 31 August 1888. His father Paul Waterhouse married Palgrave in 1887.
Career
In 1912 Waterhouse joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps and in 1914 he was commissioned into the N ottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and served in Greece and the Near East during the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross and after the war he commanded a regiment in Syria. In the Second World War he served with the Home Guard.
Waterhouse joined his father Paul Waterhouse into the family firm from 1919 to 1924 and then after his father"s death he established his own practice with Cedric Ripley in 1925 called Waterhouse and Ripley.
Waterhouse became as associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1920 and was president of the institute from 1948 to 1950.