This
section will be added to as further information becomes available.
Adam,
Alex. Langside Academy (£10.0.0)
Presumed successor
to Mrs Adam, proprietor and principal of the Academy designed by Thomson
in 1864, and for whom Thomson did further work in the 1870s (see Thomson
Buildings Glasgow).
Adam and
Small, St Vincent Street (£2.2.0)
Adamson,
Alex. Architect (£1.0.0)
Annan, J.
& R.. Photographers (£1.1.0)
Anderson,
A.L. & Coulters [?], Painters (£5.0.0)
Arnot, J.C.
Painters (£2.2.0)
Arrol,
Archd. & Sons, Dyers [?] (£5.5.0)
Baird,
John I.A. (£6.6.0)
John Baird II
(1816-1893), Alexander Thomson's former architectural partner and
brother-in-law. See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Baldie,
Robt. I.A. (£5.0.0)
In the 1860s, with David Thomson, Robert Baldie rebuilt the ruinous
outer ranges of Duntreath, ten miles north of Glasgow, "forming a
simple U-plan house." In 1873, he designed St Mary's Free Church (now New Govan Parish Church)
in a Gothic style, with “an imaginative interior with no seat further
than ten rows from the front”.
He designed Pollokshields Church of Scotland in 1878, " in Mixed
Gothic style... lavishly furnished and famed for its stained glass
windows", and in 1879, the now-destroyed Kelvinside U.P. Church. In
1889, Baldie & Tennant designed the new Free St David's
Church, Cromwell Street, Glasgow.
Barclay,
H.
& D. I.A. (£5.0.0)
Hugh and David
Barclay, architects (fl. 1856-1916). See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Blackie,
Robt. Publisher (£10.0.0)
Publisher who purchased No.7 Great Western Terrace, decorated by Thomson, possibly with Daniel
Cottier. Thomson wrote to his brother George in 1872: “We have had a very tedious and bothersome business with Robert
Blackie's House in Great Western Terrace. Rodger and he are working at
cross purposes and I dont know how matters will be settled - We are now
getting on with the painting of it with the Brothers Orr in the usual
pernickitty way.” (Rodger was presumably of the firm of Murdoch &
Rodger, solicitors.)
(In 1899, Robert and
Ann Blackie's daughter Anna married the solicitor William George Smith.
Some years before, his father, William Smith (1821-1887), took architect
John Honeyman's older brother, Patrick Smith Honeyman (1827-1913), into
partnership as the firm Black, Honeyman and Monteath).
Blackie,
Dr. W.G. (£2.2.0)
Bird,
Neilson, Writer (£1.1.0)
Boyd,
William, Ironfounder (£5.0.0)
Borrie, C.J.
& Co Painters (£10.0.0)
Bruce, I.L.
& D. Sturrock I.A. (£5.0.0)
Bruce and Sturrock
had an architectural practice in Glasgow. Among their students was John
Leck Bruce (1850-1921), who later moved to Australia.
Burnet
John, I.A. (£10.0.0)
John Burnet
(1814-1901), architect, in partnership with his son from 1844. See the
biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Blair,
John. Howard [?] (£2.2.0)
Bennet, I.B.
& Sons, Painters (£2.2.0)
Baird, Wm.
& Arthur, Archt. Airdrie (£2.0.0)
Boucher Jas
I.A. (£5.5.0)
James Boucher,
architect, in partnership with James Cousland 1855-91. See the biography
in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Carman
John, Garnkirk Fire Clay Co (£1.1.0)
Campbell,
Jas. A. LL.D. (£5.0.0)
Clarke
& Bell, I.A. (£10.10.0)
William Clarke and
George Bell, architects, were in practice together 1842-1915. See the
biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Clow, Andrw.
Joiner (£1.1.0)
Couper,
Jas. Holmwood, Cathcart (£25.0.0)
Cowan,
J.L.
I.A. (£1.1.0)
James Linburn Cowan,
architect, c.1821-c.1907. See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Cree, Alex.
& Co, Cabinetmakers (£3.3.0)
Caird, Jas.
Plasterer (£3.3.0)
Craig,
David, Writer[?] (£1.1.0)
Clow, David
& Co Joiners (£3.0.0)
Carrick,
John, I.A. Master of Works (£5.5.0)
1819-90, Glasgow
City Architect. Frank Burnet and Thomas Gildard both trained in his
office. See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Craig, John
Plasterer Stair railer (£1.0.0)
Docharty,
Jas. Artist (£1.1.0)
Douglas,
Campbell & Sellars I.A. (£10.10.0)
The architectural
partnership between Campbell Douglas and James Sellars was established
in 1872
and continued until Sellars' early death in 1888. See
the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Dick, Robt.
Clyde Iron Works Co (£1.0.0)
Donald,
Jas. Architect's Assistant (£2.2.0)
Duff,
Daniel, Measurer (£2.2.0)
Dalgliesh,
Robt. Architect (£2.2.0)
Findlay, G.
& I. Joiners (£2.2.0)
Falconer,
Alex. T. Architect's Assistant (£1.1.0)
Frame,
Thos. Royal Insurance Co (£5.0.0)
T.& G. Frame first appear at 40 Royal Exchange Square,
immediately next to Royal Bank Place, in the Post Office Directory for
1872-73. Thomson created a new street front for the company working in the formal, Classical urban set
piece planned in the 1820s by Archibald Elliott. In a letter to his
brother George of 19th January 1872, possibly referring to this job, he
wrote that "We have begun operations at the Insurance company
property. The Caryatids were objected to by the people at the head
office." The
Royal Insurance Building in Royal Bank Place was rebuilt in 1895-97 by
Alexander's son John, as Thomson & Sandilands.
Thomas Frame was the
local manager of the Royal Insurance Co. and a trustee of Thomson's
trust. His company was also involved in Thomson's work in Gordon Street.
Thomas Frame's daughter, Margaret Morrison, became the second wife of
Alexander Thomson's nephew, William Cooper Thomson. She died in 1872.
Thomas Frame's son, David George Frame, died at 11 Great Western Terrace
in 1921.
Forsyth,
Matthew, I.A. (£2.0.0)
Galbraith
& Winton, Marble Cutters (£10.0.0)
Gildard,
Thomas, Architect (£2.2.0)
Architect
and historian, he wrote one of the biographies of Alexander Thomson
featured on this website (see homepage), and designed the monument to
Peter Nicholson in Carlisle (featured in the October 2002 ATS
Newsletter). See the biography in
the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Gordon,
John, I.A. (£5.5.0)
Goodwin,
Robt. I.A. (£1.1.0)
Goldie,
Jas. Brickbuilder (£1.1.0)
Hair, Mr.
Home Factor (£5.0.0)
Hedderwick
Jas. Citizen Office (£3.3.0)
Herbertson,
Henry & Co. Measurers (£10.0.0)
Henry Hunter
Herbertson (1825-1876), from a family of measurers and builders. James
Dougall Herbertson (below) was his half-nephew.
Herbertson,
J.D. Measurer (£2.2.0)
James Dougall
Herbertson (1837-1929), was the son of a land valuator and builder
(George Herbertson, 1807-1886), and the father of another measurer
(George Herbertson).
Howatt,
Jas. Measurer (£5.0.0)
Howieson,
John, Uddingston (£1.0.0)
Hunter
& Marshall Joiners (£2.2.0)
Hunter, A.C.
Measurer (£3.3.0)
Hutchison
John I.A. (£3.3.0)
Glasgow architect (c.1840-1908). Charles
Rennie Mackintosh, second winner of the Alexander Thomson Travelling
Scholarship, was articled in Hutchison's office in 1884, aged 15 or 16.
Scottish architect John
Kinross also trained under him.
Honeyman,
John I.A. F.R.I.B.A. (£5.0.0)
Dr John Honeyman
(1831-1914), was one of the leading architects of his day. LLD RSA 1895, FRIBA 1874,
he retired as an architect in 1904. Born in Glasgow, the 3rd son of John Honeyman JP,
merchant, he was educated at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh and Glasgow
University (but not graduating). He practised chiefly as an ecclesiastical and domestic architect.
He became President of the Glasgow Archaeological Society and other bodies, and Governor of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. ARSA 1892.
His publications included The Drainage of Glasgow; The Dwellings of the
Poor; Trade Unionism - the Blight on British Industry and
Commerce; and The Incidence of Taxation.
Hamilton,
Archd. Jas. [?] Robertson [?] (£2.2.0)
Haldane
Academy, The (£50.0.0)
Jardine J.
& J. Builders (£5.0.0)
Jeffrey,
Rev. Geo. D.D. (£1.0.0)
Jeffrey,
Rev. R.I. M.D. (£1.0.0)
Kay, Alex.
Jas Finlay & Co (£5.0.0)
Kay, Thos.
Joiner (£5.0.0)
Kennedy,
Hugh, Contractor, Partick (£5.0.0)
Kier, W.
& J.J. Glass Stainers (£2.2.0)
Kippen I.A.
of Westerton (£2.10.0)
Law, J.
& A. Ironfounders (£5.5.0)
Lawson,
Archd. of St Vincent Street (£0.10.6)
Lawrie,
Thos. & Jon. Painters (£2.2.0)
Landless,
Wm. I.A. (£1.1.0)
William Landless was
born in 1847 and was at one time Treasurer of the Glasgow Institute of
Architects. See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Leck,
William, Architect's Assistant (£1.1.0)
Leadbetter,
Jas. G. Plumber (£5.0.0)
Leiper,
William, I.A. (£5.0.0)
Architect (1839-1916).
See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Long, John
Tex.[?] Duket [?] (£2.0.0)
Laird,
George, Joiner (£2.2.0)
Lewis,
Thos. Hayter, F.S.A. London (£5.5.0)
Thomas Hayter Lewis (1818-1898) was Professor of Architecture at
University College London from 1865 to 1881. He designed the Royal
Panopticon, Leicester Square, London (c. 1852). His notebooks are at
University College London, and drawings in RIBA.
Machue. A.A.
I.A. (£3.3.0)
MacLean,
Wm. Writer (£1.1.0)
McFarlane,
Daniel, Great Western Ter. (£5.0.0)
Macdonald
A.G. Engineer (£1.1.0)
Mackay A.
& D. Slaters (£2.2.0)
McIntyre,
Mrs. John, Lorne Terrace (£2.2.0)
McCormack,
John, Ironfounder (£5.0.0)
McDonald,
John, Plasterer, Kirkintilloch (£1.1.0)
Macfarlane,
Walter Saracen Foundry (£25.0.0)
Founded in Glasgow in 1849, by Walter Macfarlane (1817-85), the Saracen
Foundry, was the most important manufacturer of ornamental ironwork in
Scotland. See the
biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
McGregor,
I.W. Great Western Terrace (£5.0.0)
Maclaren,
Dr. Jas. D. (£3.0.0)
Dr James Duncan
McLaren (c.1832-c.1925) served with the British Army in the Crimea. He
was the first cousin of Catherine Ferguson Honeyman, who married
Alexander Thomson's older brother Ebenezer (d.1847). James's brother
John was a UP Minister in Glasgow, who died young in 1859.
McLean,
Alex. Joiner (£1.1.0)
McKissock
I. & W.G. Rowan Architects (£2.2.0)
William Gardner Rowan (1845-1924) set up on his own as an architect and
engineer in 1873, formed a partnership with James McKissock (c.1844-1915),
until 1890, then worked with his son Andrew. See
the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Macnee, Sir
Daniel, P.R.S.A. (£5.0.0)
Scottish portrait
artist (1806-1882). His portraits can be found in the principal
galleries of Scotland, while those of John Ramsay McCulloch, John
Phillip (attrib.) and Douglas William Jerrold are in the National
Portrait Gallery. He was fifth President of the Royal Scottish Academy
(1876-1882).
MacNaughton
D. I.A. (£5.0.0)
McSkimming,
Thos. Joiner (£2.0.0)
McLeod John
I.A. (£2.2.0)
John Mcleod practised
from Hope Street, Glasgow. He designed the Garnethill
Synagogue, Glasgow in 1879. In 1887, he designed the West Kirk,
Dumbarton. Original stencilling which decorated the walls was uncovered
during restoration work in 1997/98.
McLaw, John
Builder (£1.1.0)
McGavin,
John, 4 West Nile St (£1.1.0)
Malloch,
Thos. Glazier (£25.0.0)
Mason, Geo.
172 Sauchiehall Street (£1.1.0)
Mitchells,
Cowan & Johnston, Writers (£10.10.0)
Middleton,
R.J. West George St (£10.0.0)
Mossman,
John, Sculptor (£10.0.0)
A dominant figure in
Glasgow sculpture from 1840 to his death in 1890, John Mossman
(1817-1890), together with his brothers William
(1824-1884) and George
(1823-1863), was closely associated with Alexander Thomson and the
Classical style. See the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website.
Martin
Jasper, Architect's Assistant (£1.1.0)
Miller,
John, Writer (£1.1.0)
Myles, Andw.,
I.A. (£1.1.0)
Moffat,
William I.A. Hamilton (£1.1.0)
Hamilton architect William Moffat designed the Royal Hotel, erected by
the Mackie family in 1874 (now Royal Buildings).
Murdock
& Rodger, Writers (£10.0.0)
Murdoch &
Rodger, solicitors, who commissioned a number of Thomsonesque buildings
in Lenzie
(see entry for Robert
Blackie).
Mitchell,
Alex. Mr G. Dick [?] Coatbridge (£1.1.0)
Orr
Brothers, Painters (£2.2.0)
Worked with Thomson
on No.7 Great Western Terrace (see entry for Robert
Blackie).
Oak Foundry
Co (£1.1.0)
Peat, I.G.
Architect Hamilton (£1.1.0)
Peat and Duncan,
Hamilton architects, designed Brandon Tower in the town.
Parlane,
Rev. Jas. Burntisland (£10.0.0)
The son of Alexander
Thomson's half-sister, Helen (died 1879), a U.P. Minister. He died in
1906.
Peacock
Alex. Great Western Road (£1.1.0)
Playfair
Jas. Holland Place (£1.1.0)
James Playfair, architect, 1755-1794,
was born in Benvie near Dundee, where his father
was the minister. He was the brother of John (1748-1819), the mathematician and
geologist, but less famous than his architect son William Henry Playfair
(1790-1857). He built the Town and County Hall at Forfar, commissioned
after a competition organised by the local gentry. The patronage of
Henry Dundas, Lord Melville (1742-1811), resulted in a further
commission for Melville Castle a significant Gothic house outside
Edinburgh. He also was responsible for Cairness House, near Fraserburgh.
Petrie
Alex. I.A. (£1.1.0)
Rattray,
John, Plumber (£5.0.0)
Robertson
John, Writer (£1.1.0)
Robertson
J.A. Mulberry Bank (£5.0.0)
Probably either James
Henderson Robertson (b. 1821) or John Henderson Robertson (b. 1828) of
Mulberry Bank. If so, he was Robert Blackie's
brother-in-law, Blackie having married his sister Ann in 1853.
Rowley Andw.
Lochfield Moffat (£5.0.0)
Ross A. M.
Slater (£1.1.0)
Rae Frank.
Glaziers (£2.2.0)
Ritchie Jas
I.A. (£2.2.0)
Salmon,
Jas. & Son I.A. (£10.0.0)
Founded by James Salmon I (fl. c. 1825-88). The firm passed to his son,
William Forrest Salmon (1843-1911) then to grandson James Salmon II
(1873-1924) and their former assistant John Gaff Gillespie (1870-1926) in
1898. See the biography
in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Scott, A.
& J. Painters (£1.1.0)
Scott Robt.
Measurer (£2.2.0)
Thow, Wm.
Great Western Terrace (£2.2.0)
Thomson
Alex. Architect's Assistant (£2.2.0)
Shields
& Duff, Measurers (£10.0.0)
Strong,
Alex. Architect (£5.0.0)
Smellie,
T.D. Measurer (£10.0.0)
Smith,
George, Sun Foundry (£10.0.0)
The Sun Foundry (fl. 1858-1899), architectural iron founders and
sanitary engineers, was established by George Smith at 64 Port Dundas
Road, Glasgow. They advertised themselves as 'Artistic Iron Founders'.
See the entry on the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website.
Smith, A.I.
Architect (£1.1.0)
Stark, Rev.
John. Duntocher (£10.0.0)
U.P. Minister at
Duntocher, Dunbartonshire, for whom Thomson designed the Parkhall
Manse. A member of the Clydebank Education Board, he was closely involved in the Alexander Thomson Memorial.
Steel,
James, Plasterer (£5.0.0)
Steel, Jas.
Junr. Plasterer (£1.1.0)
Stevenson,
John J., I.A. London (£20.0.0)
John James Stevenson
(1831-1908) formed a partnership in Glasgow with Campbell Douglas,
1860-69, before moving to London. See
the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Steven,
John Plasterer (£1.1.0)
Thomson,
Geo. Helensburgh (£20.0.0)
George Thomson,
Alexander's brother and former architectural partner, travelled to the
Cameroons as a missionary in 1871, dying there in 1878. Helensburgh was
the home of one of Alexander Thomson's sisters, and George may have been
staying there, on one of his regular trips back to Scotland, at the time
of the Memorial.
Thomson
Dr. W. C. & Mrs, Partick (£10.10.0)
Alexander Thomson's
nephew, the son of his deceased brother William Cooper Thomson (died
1843). Also called William Cooper, W.C. Thomson had, like his father,
been a missionary in Africa, and later qualified as a doctor, practising
in Liverpool and Glasgow. He died in 1878.
Thomson,
Jas. & Sons, Archts. Airdrie (£4.4.0)
Thomson
Jas. I.A. 88 Bath St (£5.0.0)
Thomson
Jas. I.A. 219 Hope St (£5.0.0)
Thomson
David I.A. (£5.0.0)
Entered partnership
with Robert Turnbull after Alexander Thomson's death in 1875.
Turnbull
Robt. I.A. (£10.0.0)
Robert
Turnbull (1841-1905) was Thomson's partner
from 1872. He continued the architectural business, often adapting Thomson
designs, after Thomson's death in 1875, initially in partnership with
David Thomson (no relation).
Robert Turnbull was the eldest son of William Turnbull, born in Mossburnford,
Roxburgh, in 1840. He was educated at Glendouglas School and at 11 was apprenticed to his
father; he subsequently studied at the Watt Institute, Edinburgh and the
Andersonian College Glasgow. He was twice married, in 1863 to Jane Weir Watson, youngest daughter of James
Turnbull, of Cavers, and in 1877 to Fanny Patullo, third daughter of Francis Watson,
of Blackhall. A son and a daughter survived him.
He was taken into partnership by Alexander Thomson after George Thomson
eparted for Cameroon as a missionary. After 1870, the partnership was
known as A. Thomson and Turnbull. After Thomson's death in 1875,
Turnbull took David Thomson into partnership as D. Thomson and Turnbull.
In 1880, D. Thomson and Turnbull I.A. were listed as designers of a new public hall in
Thornliebank, and in 1886 as winners of the competition to design Old Kilpatrick Board School, Clydebank.
Turnbull is suggested as designer of Hawarden Terrace, Partickhill, and
may have designed 74 Partickhill Road. He was a member of the Institute of Architects for 28 years,
a member of and contributor to the Royal Philosophical Society. For 14 years
he was variously a member of the Parochial Board of Cadder, a member of
the Parish local authority, Convener of Cadder District Committee under Roads and Bridges Act, County Councillor of the Lower Ward District of Lanarkshire 1890-5, member of the Valuation Committee, Highways Committee, Court House Management for the County, Public Health Board and a Commissioner of Supply for the County of Lanark.
He
appears to have been responsible for a number of villas and terraces in
Thomsonesque style in Lenzie, where he died at his home, 'Ruberslaw'. See
also the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Tait, W.
N.[?] I.A. (£1.1.0)
William Tait was an
architect in Glasgow. William Young (1843-1900) and Malcolm Stark (b.
1854-c. 1899) were among his students. He may have been the son of
James Tait, an Edinburgh architect who died in 1834.
Thomson,
Rev. John E.H. Stirling (£5.0.0)
Alexander Thomson's
nephew (the son of his deceased brother Ebenezer Thomson), minister and
antiquarian. Parts of The Life of J.E.H. Thomson by W. Ewing,
published in 1926, appear to have been taken wholescale by Mrs W.L.
Stewart for her memoirs.
Weems, I.
& W. Johnstone (£1.1.0)
Watt, Alex.
Architect (£2.2.0)
A Glasgow-based architect, Alexander Watt (fl. c.1856-c.75) worked in
partnership with Hugh Barclay, as Barclay & Watt from 1856-60.See
the biography in the Glasgow
City of Sculpture website
Wallace
& Allan, Plumbers (£1.1.0)
Wotherspoon,
Jas. 12 St Vincent Place (£1.1.0)
Wells, Andw.
206 W. George St (£0.10.0)
Wharrie,
Thos. C.E. [?] (£1.1.0)
Whyte,
John, Assistant Master of Works (£3.3.0)
Wilson,
William, Mason (£1.1.0)
Wingate
David, Colliery Inspector (£1.0.0)
Wallace
& Convall, Plumbers (£5.0.0)
Whyte Robt.
Cabinet Maker (£5.0.0)
Watson Jas.
Architect's Assistant (£1.1.0)
Wilson, Wm.
& Sons, Brickbuilders (£1.1.0)
Young, Robt.
7 Madeira Court (£2.2.0)
Turner,
Colin Plumber (£1.1.0)
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