[2] Partly due to the proximity to Ibrox Stadium, the cemetery has strong links to Rangers Football Club.
The original cemetery extended to 30 acres on lands of Wester Craigton and Merrylands, previously owned by Robert Urquhart.
Fellow directors included Morris Pollok (1831–1899) and William McOnie (1813–1894) (later Lord Provost of Glasgow).
From 1881, the cemetery also permitted Jewish burials in their own section known as the "Bet Chaim" (House of Life).
Craigton Crematorium lies close to the northern boundary and was added in 1957 to a design by James Maitland Steel.