Architect. He was a British architect, who made his name with grand buildings in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada including the provincial Parliament Buildings in 1892, the famed Empress Hotel in 1908 and other landmark structures. After attending Yorkshire College in Leeds, he began an apprenticeship in 1885 with his uncles' architectural partnership, Mawson and Mawson. He received the Soane Medallion in 1890 and was the first-place recipient of the Royal Institute of British Architects competition. He immigrated to Canada in 1892, but had investors in England. He had political concerns and interest in the Alaska gold rush. World War I hurt Canada's economy and his work but he did have three more commissions after the war. A darling of local society, he was shunned when he left his wife, with whom he had two adult children, and dared appear in public with his young divorcee mistress. A scandalous divorced followed and was granted on January of 1925, leaving his first wife near penniless. He and his second wife had a son. Eventually, he returned to England with his second wife. On March 23, 1935, Rattenbury was found in his sitting room with severe head injuries, dying days later from the wounds. The crime, and trial that followed, was highly covered by the media. His wife was accused of the murder but was acquitted of murder and of being an accessory after the fact. George Percy Stoner, the couple's 18-year-old chauffeur and his wife's lover, was sentenced to life in prison over the death sentence, yet served only seven years in prison for his involvement in the crime. Rattenbury's widow committed suicide shortly after the trial. Rattenbury was buried in an unmarked grave, which was years later marked by friends with an upright granite marker. The tragedy of his personal life overshadowed his talent as an architect.