Although he was born in Irvine, his family moved to Greenock
when he was young, and he died here after a life spent in many other parts of
Britain and abroad. There are several
plaques commemorating him in the town.
This plaque is on the wall of a building on the corner of
Westburn Street and West Blackhall Street and marks the place where the house
in which he died once stood.
The grave is beautifully kept.
Galt is also commemorated by a fountain on the Esplanade at
the bottom of Roseneath Street . This
was the idea of Allan Park Paton, former librarian of Greenock.
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This is what should be in that space!
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John Galt was a remarkable man. I'll be writing much more about him in later
posts.
The Greenockian
