Herbert William Lockton was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England on 6 December 1878. He was articled to George Sheppard of Sheppard & Harrison in Newark from 1895 to 1900 and remained as an assistant until 1905. He also attended Newark School of Art. He commenced independent practice in Newark in 1905 [or 1907 - sources differ] and was in partnership with Sheppard as Sheppard & Lockton until 1914. He was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911.
Lockton's address was given as Bar Gate, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and Ivyleigh, The Park, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire in 1911 and 1915; and 24 Castle Gate, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire in 1919 and 1923. He died in 9 December 1924. Apparently he committed suicide. He shot himself whilst staying at the Imperial Hotel [location not known].
Magnus Grammar School, Newark, 1908; additions, Elston Hall; new Infectious Hospital block, Newark; bottling stores, power houses, warehouses, &c, The Brewery, Newark; new hotels In Nottingham, Grantham, Southwell, &c.; restorations and alterations to churches at Newark, Southwell, Cromwell, Claypole, Balderton, &c.; alterations and additions to houses, &c, in Peterboro', Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham, Grimsby, Lincoln, Newark, Doncaster, Sleaford, &c: surveys, &c, far new streets In Newark, also East Flnchley (London); restoration of the old Tudor Hall, Newark, and conversion into Museum, Education Offices, etc., 1914; alterations and additions to schools In Newark, Southwell; residences, hotels, etc., in Newark, Grantham, Skegness, Sutton-on-Sea, Nottingham, and other localities.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001