<P> Francis Mawson Rattenbury (11 October 1867--28 March 1935) was a British architect, although most of his career was spent in British Columbia, Canada, where he designed many notable buildings . Divorced amid scandal, he was murdered in England at the age of 68 by his second wife's lover . </P> <P> Rattenbury was born in 1867 in Leeds, England . He began his architectural career with an apprenticeship in 1884 to the "Lockwood and Mawson Company" in England, where he worked until he left for Canada . In 1891, he arrived in Vancouver, in the new Canadian province of British Columbia . </P> <P> The province, anxious to show its growing economic, social and political status, was engaged in an architectural competition to build a new legislative building in Victoria . The new immigrant entered, signing his drawings with the pseudonym "A B.C. Architect," and won the competition . Despite many problems, including going over-budget by $400,000, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings were officially opened in 1898 . The grand scale of its 500 - foot (150 m) - long facade, central dome and two end pavilions, the richness of its white marble, and its use of the currently - popular Romanesque style contributed to its being seen as an impressive monument for the new province . Rattenbury's success in the competition garnered him many commissions in Victoria and other parts of the province, including additions to the Legislative Buildings in 1913--1915 . In 1900 he was commissioned to design the 18 bedroom, three story Burns Manor in Calgary for his close friend Pat Burns . </P> <P> He designed Paardeburg Gate (1901), a memorial to South African war soldiers opposite the Legislative Buildings, 1901 . </P>

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