Bonar Law House and plaque
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Bonar Law House and plaque
Image: © Pete Marrison Taken: 7 Jan 2023
This unassuming building was once the Caretaker’s House for the Clyde Street School in Helensburgh. A plaque now names it as “Bonar Law House” in recognition of Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law whose married home was “Seabank” at nearby 40 East Clyde Street. “Seabank” was demolished in the 1950s. An 1860 OS six inch map shows Seabank to be directly opposite the end of Grant Street and set back from Clyde Street at the same distance as 26 East Clyde Street which still exists. Seabank would therefore have been at the south west corner of what is now the Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre. Andrew Bonar Law was born in Canada of Scottish parents and returned to Scotland as a teenager. As Prime Minister, Bonar Law held office for 209 days between 1922 and 1923. He died in October 1923.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.002196
Longitude
-4.73021