I AM grateful to Roy Beers for his letter (February 3) giving information about commemorations of General Sir John Moore. Not only Sir John (1761-1809) but also two other former pupils of the Grammar School of Glasgow - Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), the author of Lord Ullin's Daughter, Ye Mariners of England etc, and Field Marshall Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde (1792-1863) of Balaclava, Lucknow, etc - are commemorated by statues in the city's George Square.
In 1917 the school, which changed its name to the High School in 1834, renamed its houses as Moore, Campbell, Clyde and Bannerman after these three former pupils and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal Prime Minister, 1905-1908) who was a High School pupil in 1845-50. Campbell House was renamed as Law House in 1926-1927 to commemorate Bonar Law (Conservative Prime Minister, 1922-23) who was at the High School in 1873-75.
There is no statue of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in Glasgow but there is or was a bronze plaque in the High School. There is a statue in Stirling, unveiled on November 1, 1913, by H H Asquith, his successor as Prime Minister. Sir Henry received the freedom of Glasgow on January 25, 1907, with the centenary recently noted in The Herald. His comment then on those who are "doomed to live and die in darkness and misery in the recesses of our great cities" is well worth contemporary study Dr Alexander S Waugh, 1 Pantoch Gardens, Banchory
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