Aston Webb

Sir

Aston Webb

GCVO CB RA FRIBA
Sir; Aston Webb; GCVO CB RA FRIBA
	Sir Aston Webb, portrait by Solomon Joseph Solomon, c. 1906
Born	22 May 1849; Clapham, London, England
Died	21 August 1930 (aged 81); Kensington, London, England
Occupation	Architect
Children	Maurice and Philip Edward Webb
Awards	RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1905); AIA Gold Medal (1907); RSA Albert Medal (1927);
Buildings	University of Birmingham

Sir Aston Webb, GCVO, CB, RA, FRIBA (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell. He was president of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. He was also the founding chairman of the London Society.

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