Monument to Lord Blantyre: inscription
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Monument to Lord Blantyre: inscription by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Monument to Lord Blantyre: inscription
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 27 Mar 2017
For the obelisk as a whole, and for further information, see Image and other images linked from there. The inscription (with missing parts filled in) is as follows; note that his date of death is usually given as the 22nd, although this inscription does give the date as the 23rd (the digit "3" is intact): "ERECTED BY THE COUNTY OF RENFREW TO THE MEMORY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT WALTER, 11ᵀᴴ LORD BLANTYRE, A MAJOR GENERAL IN THE BRITISH ARMY, AND FORMERLY LORD LIEUTENANT OF RENFREWSHIRE, IN TESTIMONY OF RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC SERVICES, AND AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM FOR HIS PRIVATE WORTH DIED 23ᴰ SEPT 1830".
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
55.915664
Longitude
-4.496052
