John Elkington Gill was a 19th-century architect in Bath, Somerset, England. He was partnered with the more famous George Phillips Manners

George Phillips Manners

George Phillips Manners was an English architect, City Architect and →to the city of Bath from 1823 to 1862.In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill...

, and continued the latter's practice upon Manner's retirement in 1862. Upon Manner's death in 1866, he changed the name of the practice to his name alone. He set up the practice of Gill & Browne

Thomas Browne

Sir Thomas Browne was an English author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric....

 in 1874 before he died but he was then mostly retired and the work of Gill & Brown is almost entirely the work of Thomas Browne alone.

John Elkington Gill's son was Wallace Gill, who in 1879 had his name added to the practice and in 1899 renamed the practice Gill and Morris. Wallace Gill went by his own name from 1903 and retired in 1909, transferring the practice to Mowbray A. Green.

Architectural practice

The architectural practice of George Phillips Manners from the early 19th century into the mid 20th century (compiled by Michael Forsyth):

• George Phillips Manners
  George Phillips Manners
  George Phillips Manners was an English architect, City Architect and →to the city of Bath from 1823 to 1862.In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill...
  
  : 1820–1845
• Manners & Gill: 1845–1866
• John Elkington Gill: 1866–1874
• Gill & Browne 1874–1879
• Browne & Gill: 1879–1899
• Gill & Morris: 1899–1903
• Wallace Gill: 1903–1909
• Mowbray A. Green: 1909–1914
• Mowbray A. Green & Hollier: 1914–1947
• Frank W. Beresford-Smith: 1947– (and later acquired by Beresford-Smith’s son)

From 1846 to 1909, the practice was located at No. 1 Fountain Building.