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[7964] Glasgow Necropolis : Victorian Mausolea
Glasgow Necropolis.
Left....William Rae Wilson Mausoleum, 1849.
By Jonathan Anderson Bell (c1808-1865).
Dr William Rae Wilson was born in Paisley on the 7th June 1772. He practised as a solicitor. Unfortunately his first wife died 18 months after they were married and he went travelling in the Middle East, subsequently writing ‘Travels in the Holy Land’ and other books. Eventually he married ‘An English lady of good family’ from London. When Wilson died she had this domed octagonal Moorish kiosk built, in the style of Sepulchre monuments from his beloved Palestine. No wood, iron or lead has been used in its construction, all joints are concealed. The family arms of Rae and Wilson are depicted in white marble inside. Wilson adopted the middle name of Rae when he inherited money from an uncle of the same name.
Centre....John Houldsworth of Cranston Hill Mausoleum, 1845.
By John Thomas.
This Graeco-Egyptian style monument is in marble with two statues at the entrance. On the left stands Hope with an anchor, on the right stands Charity carrying a child and inside Faith clasping a bible with an angel on either side.
The sculptor John Thomas later went on to work on the Houses of Parliament. John Houldsworth (1807-1859) was the last Lord Provost of Anderston before it was incorporated into Glasgow, a Senior Baillie of Glasgow and founder of the Anderston Foundry and Machine Works. The son of a Nottingham cotton-spinner who moved to Cranston Hill and worked in Kelvinbridge, Houldsworth was educated in Glasgow, Geneva and Heidelberg.
Right....Charles Clark Mackirdy Mausoleum, 1891.
By James Thomson of Baird & Thomson.
Charles Clark Mackirdy (1811-1891) was the owner of a large cotton spinning company. His parents had been successful merchants with extensive estates in the West Indies. Mackirdy lived at 5 Blythswood Square Glasgow till his death at 80 years of age. He was buried on Christmas Eve in 1891. This is another monument based on the popular design of Lysicrates with a Corinthian rotunda boasting unusually fine granite detail. Note that the door is in cast iron. The sculptor of this finely detailed choragic Corinthian rotunda was David Buchanan.
[7964] Glasgow Necropolis : Victorian Mausolea
Glasgow Necropolis.
Left....William Rae Wilson Mausoleum, 1849.
By Jonathan Anderson Bell (c1808-1865).
Dr William Rae Wilson was born in Paisley on the 7th June 1772. He practised as a solicitor. Unfortunately his first wife died 18 months after they were married and he went travelling in the Middle East, subsequently writing ‘Travels in the Holy Land’ and other books. Eventually he married ‘An English lady of good family’ from London. When Wilson died she had this domed octagonal Moorish kiosk built, in the style of Sepulchre monuments from his beloved Palestine. No wood, iron or lead has been used in its construction, all joints are concealed. The family arms of Rae and Wilson are depicted in white marble inside. Wilson adopted the middle name of Rae when he inherited money from an uncle of the same name.
Centre....John Houldsworth of Cranston Hill Mausoleum, 1845.
By John Thomas.
This Graeco-Egyptian style monument is in marble with two statues at the entrance. On the left stands Hope with an anchor, on the right stands Charity carrying a child and inside Faith clasping a bible with an angel on either side.
The sculptor John Thomas later went on to work on the Houses of Parliament. John Houldsworth (1807-1859) was the last Lord Provost of Anderston before it was incorporated into Glasgow, a Senior Baillie of Glasgow and founder of the Anderston Foundry and Machine Works. The son of a Nottingham cotton-spinner who moved to Cranston Hill and worked in Kelvinbridge, Houldsworth was educated in Glasgow, Geneva and Heidelberg.
Right....Charles Clark Mackirdy Mausoleum, 1891.
By James Thomson of Baird & Thomson.
Charles Clark Mackirdy (1811-1891) was the owner of a large cotton spinning company. His parents had been successful merchants with extensive estates in the West Indies. Mackirdy lived at 5 Blythswood Square Glasgow till his death at 80 years of age. He was buried on Christmas Eve in 1891. This is another monument based on the popular design of Lysicrates with a Corinthian rotunda boasting unusually fine granite detail. Note that the door is in cast iron. The sculptor of this finely detailed choragic Corinthian rotunda was David Buchanan.