BLOMFIELD, SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM '899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was born on March 6, 1829, and educated at Rugby and Trinity, Cam bridge. He was articled to P. C. Hardwick. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a fellow (1867) and vice-president (1886) of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 188 7 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law'courts branch in Fleet street, and he was associated with A. E. Street in the building of the law courts. In 1889 he was knighted. He died on Oct. 3o, 1899. His two sons, Charles J. Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, also became architects. Sir Arthur Blomfield's work at St. Saviour's, Southwark, is a notable example of his use of revived Gothic. He was highly esteemed as a restorer.
See R. T. Blomfield, Notes on the Life of Sir A. W. Blomfield (19oi).