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in 1858, qualifying five years later as a surveyor and engineer. After initial service with the Bombay Staff Corps in the Public Works
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Jacob's department was responsible for the construction of everything in the state of Jaipur ranging from walls, outhouses, guard houses, roads, canals to major public buildings.
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list published on 26 June 1902 (the original date for the subsequently postponed coronation of King Edward VII), Jacob was made a
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officer and colonial engineer, architect and writer, best known for the numerous Indian public buildings he designed in the
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where he was one of the last cohort of graduates in 1858 before the college was taken over by the government.
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and a member of a distinguished military family) and Jane
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in the design of New Delhi. Failing health soon forced him to withdraw from the assignment.
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and transported to London for an exhibition. In 1926 it was moved to
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initially wanted the building to be a town hall, but his successor,
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The Delhi State
Election Commission's Office on Lothian Road near
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Created: Indo-Saracenic Architecture under the Raj
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324:. Designed by Jacob and opened for worship at Christmas 1876.
436:. Built 1905. Now called the King George Medical University.
843:"St. Stephen's College - Glimpses of St. Stephen's College"
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from 1891 till 1941, when it shifted to its present campus.
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in Delhi. Built 1890 to 1891, two-storey building housed
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Jacob was born in 1841 to Colonel William Jacob (of the
631:. Westminster: Archibald Constable. pp. 298, 700.
398:. Built 1893 as a summer residence for the Maharaja of
361:). The "exotic" structure of Indian teak was carved in
817:"College to poll office, a 123-year-old quiet journey"
354:, decided it should be a museum for the art of Jaipur.
687:. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 8.
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
426:. Built in 1904. Now houses a WelcomHeritage hotel.
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895:India Sublime: Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan
734:. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
402:. It has now been converted into the Palace Hotel.
16:British officer and colonial architect (1841–1917)
204:Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
754:(Supplement). 26 July 1902. pp. 4189–4197.
311:, containing numerous drawings, in 12 volumes.
819:. Hindustan Times. 12 May 2013. Archived from
768:, in: History Today, Volume 32, Issue 9, 1982.
616:. No. 23174. 11 December 1858. p. 8.
452:, designed by Jacob in 1905, built 1909–16 by
218:for Public Service on 9 November 1901. In the
114:(14 January 1841 – 4 December 1917), known as
599:. No. 41655. 7 December 1917. p. 7.
369:, East Sussex, where it still stands outside
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917:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
707:(Supplement). 9 November 1901. p. 7288.
778:Antram, Nicholas; Morrice, Richard (2008).
150:, who was the inspiration for the story of
309:Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
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951:Graduates of Addiscombe Military Seminary
893:Mitchell, Shelby, Nanji, Ameeta (2007).
976:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
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956:Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
244:on 4 December 1917 and was buried in
224:Knight Commander of the Indian Empire
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536:Umed Bhawan Palace, Kota, Rajasthan
160:East India Company Military College
138:Samuel Swinton Jacob as a young man
610:"Military College at Addiscombe".
193:The grave of Sir Swinton Jacob in
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869:WelcomHeritage Umed Bhawan Palace
346:in 1876, was abandoned. Maharaja
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174:Jacob was commissioned into the
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897:(hardback). New York: Rizzoli.
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593:"Death of Sir Swinton Jacob".
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991:Burials at Brookwood Cemetery
389:St. Stephen's College, Delhi
500:Laxmi Niwas Palace, Bikaner
430:King George Medical College
214:Among his honours were the
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730:"The Coronation Honours".
488:Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur
272:Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur
946:Bombay Artillery officers
859:. Retrieved 17 April 2008
371:Hove Museum of Creativity
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357:Jaipur Gate, 1886 (with
282:Robert Fellowes Chisholm
216:Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal
130:Early life and education
99:Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob
512:Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner
304:style of architecture.
220:1902 Coronation Honours
627:Vibart, H. M. (1894).
359:Thomas Holbein Hendley
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802:Vibuti Sachdev &
563:Gorton Castle, Shimla
338:, for which the then
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154:. He was educated at
152:The Scarlet Pimpernel
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764:Thomas R. Metcalfe,
524:Daly College, Indore
320:All Saint's Church,
30:Samuel Swinton Jacob
673:, 26 February 1889.
661:, 10 February 1885.
376:Jubilee Buildings,
336:Frederick de Fabeck
300:– a pioneer of the
823:on 31 October 2013
751:The London Gazette
704:The London Gazette
683:"Court Circular".
420:Umed Bhawan Palace
406:Laxmi Niwas Palace
328:Albert Hall Museum
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246:Brookwood Cemetery
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195:Brookwood Cemetery
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91:Brookwood Cemetery
904:978-0-8478-2979-8
789:978-0-300-12661-7
780:Brighton and Hove
352:Sawai Madho Singh
315:Notable buildings
298:Frederick Stevens
116:Sir Swinton Jacob
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941:1917 deaths
936:1841 births
746:"No. 27448"
699:"No. 27374"
286:Henry Irwin
240:He died at
930:Categories
458:Bhola Nath
454:Chiman Lal
380:, 1887–96.
363:Shekhawati
164:Addiscombe
78:1917-12-05
63:1841-01-14
913:cite book
732:The Times
718:The Times
685:The Times
637:23336661M
613:The Times
596:The Times
396:Mount Abu
348:Ram Singh
242:Weybridge
444:Peshawar
226:(KCIE).
118:, was a
853:26 July
475:Gallery
470:, 1912.
434:Lucknow
410:Bikaner
400:Bikaner
378:Jodhpur
197:in 2018
126:style.
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468:Indore
322:Jaipur
250:Surrey
181:Jaipur
170:Career
569:Notes
264:Style
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919:link
899:ISBN
855:2013
829:2013
784:ISBN
550:Hove
456:and
424:Kota
367:Hove
296:and
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104:KCIE
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