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Old Luss Road, HELENSBURGH, G84 7LP

At the junction with Athole Street.

Off Old Luss Road.

"In memory of James Whitelaw Hamilton R.S.A., Helensburgh, born at Glasgow 26 Nov 1860, died 17 Sept 1932" (some sources give the 16th as his date of death). The artist James Whitelaw Hamilton was an associate of the Glasgow Boys, but he himself is not generally seen as being fully a part of that movement. See http://artuk.org/discover/artists/hamilton-james-whitelaw-18601932 (at ArtUK) for a selection of his works. His younger sister Margaret (Maggie) Hamilton was married to the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson, who was responsible for Helensburgh's Image, and also, in part, for the Image, which is located nearby. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/tagged/architect:Alexander+Nisbet+Paterson for other works. It is worth noting that the couple's daughter Mary Viola Paterson was also an artist. The small bronze detail on the lower part of the memorial represents the badge of the Highland Light Infantry; the accompanying inscription commemorates James' son Arthur Leslie Hamilton, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia in 1918.

The cemetery backs onto Old Luss Road.

The centre, which is located on Image, used to be called the Victoria Infirmary.

The view is from Image Braeholm had closed at the end of July 2016, less than three weeks before this picture was taken. The B-listed building had been employed as, amongst other things, a retirement home, and (what I most associate with it) a maternity hospital. (Under the name Braeholm, the sign says "serving the naval service since 1876", which might be a little confusing; at least, it did not sit well with my own knowledge of the building's previous use. However, that tagline does not apply to the building itself, but refers instead to the year in which the charity Aggie Weston's was founded; that organisation had been operating Braeholm in recent decades.) The building dates from about 1860. William Leiper (listed in the tags for this picture) was the architect for changes made in 1887, when a drawing room bay was added.

The inscription on the near side commemorates "John Ure, LL.D., born at Glasgow, 19th July 1824, died at Helensburgh, 1st August 1901", and his wife Isabella Gibb (b. at Glasgow, 10th May 1828; d. at Helensburgh 15th Feb 1915). As noted on the base of the monument, the stone is "the property of John Ure, Cairndhu House and his family". Image was designed by the architect William Leiper, and was built for the John Ure who is named here; he was the Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1880 to 1883. The far side of the memorial commemorates his son, "the Right Honourable Alexander Ure, P.C., G.B.E., LL.D., Baron Strathclyde of Sandyford, Solicitor General 1905-1909, Lord Advocate 1909-1913, Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session 1913-1920" (b. 24th Feb 1853, d. 2nd Oct 1928), and Alexander's wife Margaret McDowall Steven (b. 20th Nov 1855, d. 25th June 1940). Other members of the family are named in inscriptions on the remaining sides.

East Montrose Street leads off to the right. Not far from the foot of Henry Bell Street, where it meets East Clyde Street, is Image, where an artefact commemorates the same Henry Bell: Image He is buried in Rhu (Image), but is commemorated by an obelisk here in Helensburgh (Image), and by another at Bowling (Image).