Statue at Govan, Glasgow of Sir William Pearce d. 1898 shipbuilder
Location
Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Transcript
'SIR WILLIAM PEARCE / BART. M.P. / DIED / 16TH DECEMBER 1888 / AGED 55 YEARS.' [North face] 'AS A SHIPBUILDER AND ENGINEER / HIS ORIGINALITY OF THOUGHT / AND HIS MARVELLOUS SKILL IN EXECUTION / CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE / DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVY / AND MERCANTILE MARINE. / IN TOKEN OF HIS EMINENCE / IN HIS PROFESSION HE WAS / CREATED A BARONET IN 1887. HIS EXTENSIVE AND / ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE LED TO / HIS APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON / THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS ON / TONNAGE, LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA / AND DEPRESSION OF TRADE. / HIS CAREER FURNISHED A / STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT / GENIUS COMBINED WITH ENERGY, / INDUSTRY AND INDOMITABLE / COURAGE MAY ACCOMPLISH, EVEN / IN A SHORT BUSINESS LIFETIME.' [South face] 'FOR A TIME HE SERVED AS / A COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / OF THE BURGH OF GOVAN. / HE WAS ALSO HONORARY / COLONEL OF THE SECOND / VOLUNTEER BATTALION / HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY; / PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER / OF GLASGOW. / COMMISIONER OF SUPPLY, / JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, / AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK. / WHEN GOVAN WAS MADE / A PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION / IN 1885 HE WAS RETURNED AS / ITS FIRST REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1886.' [West face] 'ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF HIS NUMEROUS NOBLE / QUALITIES, AS A MAN AND / EMPLOYER OF LABOUR / 1894'.
Details
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze, Peterhead granite
Date Erected: 1/10/1894
Artists: Edward Onslow Ford; Broad & Sons
People
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Date of Death: 1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
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