Robert Henry Boyce
1832–1909
Irish engineer and architect. Designed and superintended erection of consular buildings in the East. Chief, Office of Works, Shanghai, China, c. 1873–4. Moved to England by 1881. Retired from the Office of Works in 1902. Designed his house, Ee Yuan, at Hampton Wick, Middlesex. CB 1899.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/822/136/45)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 15 August 2014)
Morning News, 14 January 1899, p. 5
Daily News (Perth, Australia), 18 March 1909, p. 2
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