Stewart McGlashan

His work was in high demand and changed the face of cemetery design, also adding immeasurably the durability of monuments.

He was born in Campbeltown in western Scotland on 2 November 1807, the son of James McGlashen or McGlashan, a builder.

In 1842 he set up a monumental mason business at the entrance to the newly opened Southern Necropolis in Glasgow, living at that time at 81 Lawmoor Place, nearby to the south (now demolished).

[4] He died of heart disease at home 1 Eyre Place in Canonmills, Edinburgh on 9 September 1873.

The modest granite stone lies in the overgrown area to the south-west and is hard to access.

Scottish-American monument in Old Calton Burying Ground
The pyramid to Lord Rutherfurd in the Dean Cemetery
The grave of Stewart McGlashen, Warriston Cemetery
The grave of Stewart McGlashan jr. (1844-1904), Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
Scottish Horse Monument
William Wallace Monument, Robroyston