Thomas J. Clapperton

Thomas John Clapperton FRBS (14 October 1879 – 15 February 1962) was a Scottish sculptor, famous for the statue of Robert the Bruce at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle erected in 1929.

After further studies in Paris and Rome, he set up studios at Chelsea and St John's Wood, London, as a sculptor.

[3] Although commissioned to design a monument to Mungo Park in Selkirk this was ultimately executed by the more experienced Andrew Currie.

[3] In collaboration with C. L. J. Doman, he produced in 1926 the large frieze representing Britannia with the Wealth of East and West on the front of Liberty's department store in Regent Street, London.

[6] Milligan was inspired by Sir George Frampton's 1913 Peter Pan statue in London's Kensington Gardens[7] and wanted a similar sculpture for Oamaru.