1959 general election, having taken time out during World War II to serve in the British Home Guard. In 1931, Bossom and Mansfield Forbes bought Bourn Windmill, Cambridgeshire. They had the mill repaired, and presented it to the Cambridge Preservation Society in 1932. Later that year, Bossom's wife had died in an aircrash, and he was remarried to another American, Elinor Dittenhofer in 1934, but they were divorced in 1947. In 1953 he held the reception of Margaret Roberts after her marriage to Denis Thatcher at his Chelsea home; later she became Britain's first female prime minister (1979–1990). In 1952, he was made an honorary Doctor of Law by the University of Pittsburgh. On 4 July 1953, he was created a baronet, of Maidstone in the County of Kent. On 30 January 1960, he was created a life peer as Baron Bossom, of Maidstone in the County of Kent. In 1965, Bossom died in London, and as his title was a life peerage, it became extinct upon his death, although his hereditary baronetcy passed to his only surviving child, Clive (his eldest and youngest sons had died in 1932 and 1959 respectively). Bossom was also president of the Anglo-Baltic Society. Winston Churchill joked of him, "Bossom, Bossom, that's an odd name! Neither one thing nor the other", in reference to the words "buxom" and "bottom". Architectural designs Fort Ticonderoga, architect of the first stages of the reconstruction of the French fortress for Col. Robert M Thompson and Mr & Mrs Stephen HP Pell, 1908- Covington Saving Bank Building, 1910 First National Bank Building, as designer for Clinton and Russell, Richmond, Virginia, 1912-1913 American Exchange National Bank (1918) Virginia Mutual Building, with local architects Carneal and Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1919 Virginia Trust Company Building in Richmond Lynchburg National Bank and Trust at Ninth and Main in Lynchburg Edward Howland Robinson Green Mansion, Round Hill, Massachusetts, 1921 Magnolia Hotel, with local architects Lang & Witchell, Dallas, Texas, 1922 Maple Terrace Apartments (Dallas, Texas) (1924–25), United States National Bank, Galveston, Texas, 1924 Liberty Building, Buffalo, New York, 1925 Petroleum Building, Houston, Texas, 1925–26 Federal-American National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1925–1926 First National Bank Building, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1920 Prestwould Apartments, Richmond, Virginia 1929 Selected works He authored books on architecture including: An Architectural Pilgrimage in Old Mexico, Charles Scribner's, 1924. Building to the Skies: The Romance of the Skyscraper, 1934. Notes References Dennis