(b Dunfermline, Fife, 1840; d London, May 1901). Scottish architect. He began his architectural training in 1856 as an articled student to Douglas Hay of Liverpool. After three years he left to travel in Italy, returning in 1860 to serve with David Bryce (1803–76) in Edinburgh. In 1863 Brydon joined the office of J. J. Stevenson and Campbell Douglas (1828–1910) in Glasgow, a firm that produced many outstanding architects. Through his move in May 1866 to the London office of Richard Norman Shaw and W. E. Nesfield as their chief assistant, Brydon became familiar with the mainstream of the Queen Anne Revival. By 1871, however, he had set up a decorating business in Langham Place with the architects William Wallace and Daniel Cottier (1838–91). In true Arts and Crafts tradition, Brydon specialized in furniture design, and he gave great attention to interior decoration in all his later buildings. Brydon’s design for St Peter’s Hospital (...