17th Jan, 2024 14:00
British & International Pictures
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM ORMISTON ESQ JP
oil on canvas
framed
image size 127cm x 102cm, overall size 143cm x 118cm
Label verso: Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh.
Note: William Ormiston was born in 1835. He was an Edinburgh architect with offices at 140, Princes Street in the city. He became Lord Dean of Guild in 1898 holding the position for four years. Ormiston was a leading member of the Methodist Church and was a member of the Nicolson Square congregation being Superintendent of the Sunday School for nearly fifty years. He was a JP and before 1915 he was Chairman of the Loanhead Gas Company. He was married with three daughters. He died aged eighty-five on 19 January 1920.
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