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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FKA/2 |
| Title | Papers of Joseph Kay, brother-in-law of Sir John Franklin |
| Date | 1803-1849 |
| Description | Joseph Kay (1775-1847) was a pupil of Samuel Pepys Cockerill. In 1807 he married Sarah Henrietta, the eldest daughter of architect William Porden, for whom he acted as his assistant during the building of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. He was appointed surveyor to the Foundling Hospital in 1807, architect to the Post Office in 1811, and Surveyor of Works for Greenwich Hospital in 1823. He designed several handsome houses in Mecklenburgh Square, London in 1810 and the Post Office in Edinburgh in 1818-1819. His private clients included the Earl of Chichester, for whom he altered the exterior of Stanmer Park, Sussex in 1811-1812 and planned Pelham Crescent with the Church of St Mary-in-the-Castle in Hastings, East Sussex in 1828, the Thornhill family, for whom he supervised the development of their Islington estate from 1813, and the Marquess Camden, who employed him on his Camden Town estate. He was secretary of the London Architects' Club and took an active part in the formation of the Institute of British Architects, becoming one of its first vice-presidents.
He and Sarah Henrietta had at least 8 children, comprising 2 boys (William Porden and Joseph Henry) and 6 girls (Mary Anne, Henrietta Emilia Anna, Ellen Lydia, Eliza Margaret, Sarah Frances and Eleanor Franklin). He was the brother-in-law of Eleanor Anne Franklin (nee Porden), whose husband, John Franklin, respected him (which was more than he did other members of the Kay family) and made hima trustee with regards to his London property. |
| Extent | 14 items |
| Level | Series |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Kay family of London |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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