February 1913: Death of Sir William Arrol, “A Great Bridge Builder”

The notice of Sir William Arrol’s death is on the front page of The Glasgow Herald, on

Friday the 21st of February, 1913.

 

He died on the 20th, at Seafield House, Ayr, and was buried at Woodside Cemetery, Paisley,

on Monday the 24th.

 

Sir William features in the Herald’s editorial, on page eight, on the 21st, and his obituary

follows on page nine.

 

There is no mention of his art collection or other contents of Seafield House, which were sold

in Glasgow, a few months after his death.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, August 2022.