Milne, Oswald Partridge 1881 - 1968

Oswald Partridge Milne was born the son of the architect William Oswald Milne (1847-1947) in Balham, Surrey [now London], England on 14 February 1881. Between 1898-1901 he was articled to Sir Arthur William Blomfield (1829-1899) with whom he remained as an assistant until 1902. He was then an assistant to Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944) from 1902 to 1904, when he established his own independent practice in London. From 1919 onwards he was in partnership with Paul Phipps (1880-1953) and later with Alfred Underhill (1906-1961). 

Two photographs and a ground-floor plan of 'Alstonfield', Esher, Surrey, designed by Milne. are featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1908 (B63, B64); two photographs showing the exterior and the living room of 'The Thatched Cottage, Llanwern, designed by Milne are illusttrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1911 (p.55); three photographs and a floor plan of  'Sprowston Court' in Norwich designed by Milne are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1912 (pp.50, 51); three photographs and a floor plan of Huntercombe Place, Oxfordshire, and Three photographs and floor plan of a Cotswold house designed by Milne are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1913 (pp.47, 48, 49, 50, 51); photographs of 'The Parsonage Farm' in Shipton-under-Wychwood, the main doorway at 'Essart', Newbury, Berkshire, and a fire grate designed by Milne for Thomas Elsley, are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1914 (pp.36, 37, 86), four photographs of 'Three Ways', a house at Wooburn Green in Buckinghamshire, designed by Milne and Phipps and the facade of a house in London they reconstructed are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1924 (pp.25, 26, 27, 56); a photograph of 'Little Weirs', Brockenhurst, Hampshire,designed  by Milne & Phipps is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1925 (p.10); a photograph and ground-floor plan of 'Corrie Lodge' in Virginia Water, Surrey, designed by Milne is illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1927 (p.40); photographs of 'Hightrees', in Woodland Rise, Seal, Kent, and 'Wayside Cottage' in Brasted Chart, Kent, designed by him are illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1929 (pp.92, 94); a photograph and plan of The White House in Bosham, Sussex, designed by him is illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1933 (p.16);  a photograph, floor plan and brief description of a house at Staple, Totnes, Devon, designed by him are featured in 'Decorative Art' 1934 (p.30); and photographs of a house at Farnborough, Kent,  a bedroom in the residence of Mr. Doyly Carte in Kingswear, Devon, a bedroom in a penthouse suite at Claridge's Hotel, London, a and desk and chair in English weathered sycamore curl, designed by him are illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1937 (pp.28, 80, 9, 1331).

During World War One, Milne served as a Major in the Royal Army Service Corps, and in World War Two he was a Captain in the Home Guard.

He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1911, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1912. He was a member of the Royal Society of Art (RSA) in 1907 and served as Chairman of the Council in 1959-61, and later Vice President. He was also a member of the Art Workers Guild (AWG) in 1912.  Between 1903-38 Milne exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Milne died in Hampstead, London on 15 January 1968.