Robert Stodart Balgarnie Wyld was born in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England on 9 June 1885. After studying at the Architectural Association in London in 1903-04, he was articled to Charles Sydney Spooner (1862-1938) in London from 1904 to 1907. He then worked as an assistant to Henry Thomas Hare (1860?-1921) from 1907 to 1909.
Wyld commenced practice in London in 1909. He passed his qualifying exam in 1911 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1912. His address was given as Rosebank, Mill Hill, London in 1912; 31 Bedford Row in 1914 and 1935; and 1 Hare Court, Temple, London in 1939. He died in Eton, Buckinghamshire on 2 September 1973
"Coillte Leyny", Co. Sligo, Ireland, 1909; additions to Old Dutch House, Winchfleld, 1910; shooting lodge for Lord Salvesen in Norway. 1912; now buildings for Milton Mount College, Gravesend, 1913; Lye Green House, Sussex, 1914; House at Hook, Hampshire, 1910; prepared scheme for 180 houses In villages of forth Warnborough, Odiham, Greywell, and Alton, for Hartley Wintney R.D.C. (only partially carried out), 1920-21; alterations and additions to Worth Park, Sussex, 1921-22; " Garth", Mill Hill, and houses at Rustington, Silchester, Bognor, etc., 1922.. [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 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1923