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M033 Gravestone for Chief Constable Alexander McCall

Address: The Necropolis, Cathedral Square, Glasgow G4 0UZ
Date: 1890–1
Client: Glasgow Police Commissioners, friends and colleagues
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

A Celtic cross with attached portrait plaque by James Pittendrigh Macgillivraycommemorates Alexander McCall, Glasgow's Chief Constable from 1870 to 1888.

Authorship: The base is inscribed 'Chas. R. McIntosh Arch'. Mackintosh's father worked closely with McCall as Chief Clerk in the City of Glasgow Police Force, and this association is likely to have led to the commission.

Status: Standing structure

Listing category: A: listing category for entire Necropolis

Historic Scotland/HB Number: 33890 (for entire Necropolis)

RCAHMS Site Number: NS66NW 27.00 (for entire Necropolis)

Grid Reference: NS 6041 6537 (approximate)

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.861240, lng = -4.231904 � (Map)

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.