William Angelo Waddington was born in Padiham, Lancashire, England on 12 June 1848 and was the son of the architect William Waddington (1816-1895). He was articled to his father and from 1877 they were in partnership as William Waddington & Son in Burnley and Manchester, Lancashire. Following the death of his father in 1895 he ran the practice alone with the title of the firm unchanged until 1900 when, with Frank Brookhouse Dunkerley (1868-1941) he formed Waddington Son and Dunkerley, which had an office at 17 St Ann’s Square, Manchester. The partnership was dissolved in January 1906.
During its short existence, William Waddington & Son designed several Wesleyan churches and numerous schools in the Manchester area. They also designed the Northern Assurance Building at 9-12 Princess Street, Manchester (1902-03); Northcliffe House on Deansgate, Manchester (1904); branches of the Manchester and County Bank, in Nelson and Brierfield, Lancashire; and the Grand Clothing Hall, in Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire (1905).
William Angelo Waddington was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1882 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1903. He was the author of Architectural Sketches on the Calder and Ribble in and around Whalley (1870); and Monumental Designs (1875). He died at his home, "Pencraig", Legh Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, on 29 January 1907.
See: Architects of Greater Manchester 1800-1940 [link below]
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
‘Obituary’. The British Builder 8 February 1907 p. 89
‘Obituary'. The Builder vol. 92, 2 March 1907 p. 271