Alexander Macalister

Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge

History of Lady Margaret Road

The individual buildings are hard to identify on the 1901 and 1965 OS maps.

Listed buildings

End House South and End House North

House, now 2 houses. 1911, converted 1978. Designed by M H Baillie-Scott for Dr John Forbes Cameron, later Master of Gonville and Caius College. Red brick with plain tile roofs and plain tall stacks. 2 storey and attics.

1911

John Matthews, 51, College Gardener, born Milton

Lettice, 57, (three children), born Beds.

Basil Howkins Matthews, 22, bookseller’s assistant, born Chesterton

Lettice, 20, housemaid, born Chesterton

Basil Howkins Matthews was Regimental Sergeant Major with A Company Cambridgeshire regiment. In April 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for good work over a long period. He was wounded in the summer of that year.

1913

South Side from south

Torrisdale:

Alexander Macalister, professor of anatomy

Barrmore:

Charles Edward Theodosius

Charles Edward Theodosius (1864–1950) was an Oxford alumnus who later worked as a tax inspector and a barrister. In the early 20th century, he lived in Cambridge, residing on Lady Margaret Road.

Strathaird:

James Duff Duff

The End House:

John Forbes Cameron, director engineering studies Gonville and Caius College

West Side from north

Rev Charles Archibald Anderson Knott, Dunn Professor of New testament at Westminster College

East Side

John Matthews, gardener

Mrs Emily Lofts

S.Elmo:

Rev John Gibb

Rev John Wood Oman, Barbour Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster College

1939

South side

St Francis House:

Rev Denis Marsh, priest in charge

Rev Gilbert Elliot

Oswald Collins

Stephen Lambert

Barrmore:

Lady MacAlister

Mis Macalister

Strathaird:

J D Duff, fellow of Trinity College

The End House:

H T Deas, fellow of Gonville and Caius

East side

(1) Mrs Lathercombe

(4)

John Matthews

Miss Matthews SRN nurse

Westminster College Bounds

(3) Miss Turner

(2) Rev E D Whitehorn, professor of church history

(1) Rev R H Strachan