John Ure (Lord Provost)

John Ure DL LLD (1824–1901) was a Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1880 to 1883.

For most of his later life he lived in Helensburgh[2] in a house commissioned from architect William Leiper in 1871.

The house, "Cairndhu", was designed to look like a French chateau and contained stained glass by Daniel Cottier.

His sister Annie Ure, married the merchant-baker William Primrose, and his nephew (their son) was John Ure Primrose, who was named after him, and served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1902 to 1905.

Whilst in office as Lord Provost he was portrayed by the then young George Reid RSA, one of his earliest commissions.