Clifford Copeman Makins was born in Hendon, England in 1876. After studying at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was articled to Horace Field (1861-1948) fin London from 1898 to 1901. During these years, he also attended the Architectural Association Schools and the Royal Academy Schools in London. He then worked as an assistant to William Douglas Caröe (1857-1898) from 1901 to 1904. After a study tour of Italy, in 1905 he commenced practice as an architect in Westminster, London in partnership with Michael Frank Wharlton Bunney (1873-1927).
Makins passed his professional exam in 1906. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1928.
His address was given as Westthorpe, Harrow-on-the Hill, London amd 23 Queen Anne's Gate, London in 1906; 63 Egerton Gardens, London in 1914; 33 Henrietta Street, London in 1914 and 1939; and 7 Kelso Place, Kensington in 1963. He died at 7 Knaresborough Place, Kensington, London on 8 April 1963
Chiefly domestic buildings in London and Home Counties, Hampstead and Gidea Park Garden Suburbs, Leicestershire, North Wales, Doncaster, Sussex and Westmorland; beach pavilion, Prestatyn, N. Wales, 1912; town planning work at Gidea Park, Prestatyn, Southampton, Doncaster and elsewhere; factory at Hove, 1914. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923
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
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1963