Frank Caws

Francis Edward Caws (21 August 1846 in Seaview, Isle of Wight – 8 April 1905 in Sunderland) was an English architect.

[1] Frank married Catherine Francis Riddett of Ryde at St Helens Church Isle of Wight on 4 February 1868.

The doors were opened 2 January 1902 and Frank held the powerful position of Honorary Secretary until his death in 1905.

Frank Caws died in the evening on 8 April 1905 aged 58 at his home in Sunderland following a trip to London during which he caught a chill and developed pneumonia.

Their work included St Luke's Parish Hall, Wallsend built in 1909,[14] and the Swan Hunter Memorial Hall, Wigham opened in 1925 in memory of the men of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. who died in the 1914-18 war.