Architect. Born Louis Emanuel Jean Guy de Savoie-Carignan de Soissons in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His family moved to Britain, where he set up his own practice. His most important commission was designing many of the buildings in Welwyn Garden City.
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During World War One he served in the army and on 1 July 1915 was attached to their General List of Officers. He was initially a Lieutenant and entered France on 3 September 1915. Whilst serving as a Temporary Captain in 1917 he was Mentioned in Despatches. He ended his service holding the rank of Major and was awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal. On 3 June 1919 he was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).
In 1918 he became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA), becoming a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1923. In 1920 he became a member of the French Society of Government-Certified Architects or La (SADG).
Electoral registers from 1918 to 1922 show him listed at 25 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London.
He married Elinor Maud Charlotte Penrose-Thackwell (1897-1995) in the 2nd quarter of 1922 in the Kensington Registration District, London and they were to have three children: Philip Amédée de Savoie-Carignan de Soissons (1923-1941); Maurice Guy de Savoie-Carignan de Soissons (1927--2009) and Brian Victor de Savoie-Carignan de Soissons (1929-2009).
Electoral registers show that his business address was 6-9 Blue Bulls Yard, London, SW1, but that he was living in 1924 and 1925 at 62 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, from 1926 to 1937 at 17 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, and in 1938 and 1939 at 21 High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City.
When the England and Wales Register was compiled on 29 September 1939 he was shown as a resident in the Hotel Metropole, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales, whilst his wife was registered at 21 High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City.
On 6 January 1950 he and his wife departed from Southampton, Hampshire, on a voyage to Cape Town, South Africa, aboard the S.S. Klipfontein of the Holland Africa Steamship Line. The ship's manifest shows that they were travelling 1st class and that their home address was 4 Park Square West, London, NW1.
He became a Royal Academician (RA) on 15 April 1953 and it was announced in the 1956 New Year Honours List that he was to be made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).
His death was registered as aged 72 years in 3rd quarter of 1962 in the Marylebone Registration District, London. Probate records confirm that his address remained as 4 Park Square West, London, but that he died on 23 September 1962 at 20 Devonshire Place, London, W1. His on 27 September 1962 in , Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4JU. Probate was granted on 30 November 1962 to Eric Simson, an architect. His effects totalled £47,828-5s-1d.
He is shown as 'Louis de Soissons, F.R.I.B.A., S.A.D.G.' on the memorial stone on the left hand side of Newquay House, Newburn Street, London, SE11 and as 'Louis de Soissons' on the memorial plaque attached to Charter House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JL.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.
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