Henry Tanner (architect)

He attended the Royal Academy before gaining work experience on building sites in Wiltshire and Surrey.

[1] He joined the practice of architect Anthony Salvin, before moving in 1871 to HM Office of Works as a Clerk of District B.

In 1872, he married his first wife Lucy Gardner, with whom he had five sons and two daughters, one of whom was the renowned architect Henry Tanner.

This was a short move, and Tanner returned to London two years later to take up the position of Surveyor, First Class, with responsibility for the Post & Telegraph services.

[7] His son Henry Tanner was famous for the design of the Park Lane Hotel in London,[8] and the redevelopment of Oxford Circus.