John Begg

John Begg (20 September 1866 – 23 February 1937), was a Scottish architect, who practised in London, South Africa and India, before returning to Scotland to teach at Edinburgh College of Art from 1922 to 1933.

He trained under Hippolyte Blanc and was later employed first by Alfred Waterhouse and later by Sir Robert William Edis.

In 1896 he was appointed architect to the Real Estate Company of South Africa and moved to Johannesburg.

[3] He died in 1937 and is buried in the Grange Cemetery, near its south-east corner, with an exceptionally modest stone.

His wife, Edith Mary Dods Espie (1864–1920) was killed in a fire in their home and is buried with him.