James Dunbar-Nasmith
Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith was a British conservation architect.
James Dunbar-Nasmith was born in Devon, the son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers. His elder brother was Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, . He was educated at Lockers Park School, Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dunbar-Nasmith was best known as the architect of Sunninghill Park, the former home of The Duke of York, and Balmoral Estate architect. He was in professional practice as a partner in Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Edinburgh, and Hilger, Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Wiesbaden.
Dunbar-Nasmith was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and the Edinburgh College of Art, 1978–1988, and later Emeritus Professor at Heriot Watt University.
Dunbar-Nasmith died on 18 March 2023, at the age of 96.