Robert James Hugh Minty was born in Leyton, Essex, England on 3 December 1898 and trained as an architect at the Barltett School of Architecture, University College, London. He qualified as an architect in the early 1920s and practised in London.
Minty was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1922 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1929.
His address was given as 35, Craven Street, Charing Cross, London in 1922 and 1926; 21 Great Peter Street, Westminster, London in 1930; Forest Cottages, Crawley, Sussex and 93 Park Lane, London in 1939; and Chantrey House, Buckingham palace Road, Westminster, London in 1949. He died in Surrey in 1979
Danbury Housing Scheme, for Benj. W. R. Hillen; house at Limerick for F. MacLysaght; bungalow at Coomassie, B. West Africa, for the General Engineering and Construction Co.; bungalow at Coomassie, for the Anglo-Guinea Produce Co.; public store and living quarters for Chief Kobina Mensah at Coomassie; motor works at Tolworth, Surrey, for Messrs. Fox and Nicholl; in conjunction with J. Andrew Minty: — the Children's and General Hospital, Walthamstow. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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A bungalow designed by Minty was Highly Commended in the Daily Mail Architects Competition for Labour-Saving Bungalows in 1922.
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926