John Whichcord Jr.

John Whichcord, Jr. FSA (11 November 1823 – 9 January 1885) was an English architect, who designed several office buildings in London and, also, the Grand Hotel in Brighton.

After a period of travel in Europe and the Middle East (1846–1850), and a tour in France, Germany, and Denmark (1850), he went into partnership (until 1858) with fellow architect Arthur Ashpitel.

His subsequent work consisted largely of office premises in the City of London, such as 9 Mincing Lane, 24 Lombard Street and 8 Old Jewry; and Mansion House Chambers, the New Zealand Bank and the National Safe Deposit (all three in Queen Victoria Street, London), and Brown Janson & Co.'s bank, 32 Abchurch Lane.

From 1854, he held the post of district surveyor for Deptford, and from 1879 to 1881, was president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, where he delivered various addresses and papers, and was largely instrumental in the establishment of the examination system.

He became in 1869 captain in the 1st Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, for which he raised a battery mainly composed of young architects and lawyers.