Claim: Edward Blore, born 1787 and died 1879, was a British architect known for the restoration of Lambeth Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Evidence: (1787-09-13)13 September 1787
Derby, England Edward Blore (13 September 1787 – 4 September 1879) was a 19th-century (Victorian and pre-Victorian) British landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary. Shortly afterwards he was employed to restore Lambeth Palace, then in a state of near ruin. Eastlake praised Blore's careful detail in his work at Westminster Abbey, adding "this was, in short, his great forte. He had studied and drawn detail so long and zealously that its design came quite naturally to him, and in this respect he was incomparably superior to his contemporaries". Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.