Like proud Roman senators, these eminent Greenockians are portrayed in very classical style. The busts can be found in the vestibule leading to the council chamber of Greenock's Municipal Buildings.
John Caird (1820-1898) - Born in Greenock son of John Caird of Caird & Co and Janet Young. Principal of the University of Glasgow 1873-1898. Died at Dungourney, Newark Street the home of his brother Colin Stuart Caird.
Duncan Hendry - (1824-1880) Councillor and Magistrate. Shipwright and shipowner, Married to Cochran McKerrow. Lived at Broomfield, Esplanade.
John Duff (1832-1887) - Councillor and Magistrate. A brassfounder, married to Jessie Biggar Adam, the family lived at Hazelwood, Eldon Street.
Robert Shankland (1826-1889) - Councillor and Magistrate. Provost of Greenock. Shipowner who was married to Janet Gibson. Lived at The Craigs, Newark Street, Greenock.
Alexander Murray Dunlop (1798-1870) - Legal advisor to those who formed the Free Church of Scotland at the Disruption of 1843. In 1844 he married Eliza Esther Murray (1818-1902) and took the name Murray Dunlop. In 1866 he inherited his cousin’s estate and as a condition of that changed his name to Alexander Colquhoun Stirling Murray Dunlop. He became MP for Greenock in 1852 and retired from public life in 1868 to his estate at Corsock in Dumfries which he inherited through his wife. He died there in 1870.
Quite a collection of Greenockians.
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