Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson RSA, FRBS, FRSA was a British sculptor prominent in Scotland in the 20th century.
12 Facts About Pilkington Jackson
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Pilkington Jackson is most noteworthy for his creation of one of Scotland's most iconic landmarks, the statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.
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Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson was born at Garlenick near Grampound, Cornwall the son of Ethel Katie D'Orville Smith.
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Pilkington Jackson had married his father on the 3rd May 1886,22 year old medical student Louis Pilkington Jackson in an irregular marriage at 138 George Street, Glasgow.
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In 1911, on his return to Scotland, Jackson established himself in a studio with William MacDonald, a bronze founder.
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Pilkington Jackson was appointed as "supervising sculptor" for the Scottish National War Memorial, which was planned and built within Edinburgh Castle between 1919 and 1927.
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Pilkington Jackson was commissioned to create numerous memorials to famous Scots, including tableaux at the David Livingstone Centre, and a memorial to Elsie Inglis, on which he collaborated with Sir Frank Mears.
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Pilkington Jackson had an extremely long working career leading to his most famous commission, the statue of Robert the Bruce being executed in 1964 at the age of 76.
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Pilkington Jackson exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy, and was elected as an academician in 1956.
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Pilkington Jackson served on the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland, and taught at Edinburgh College of Art in the late 1920s.
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Pilkington Jackson's body was cremated and his ashes were buried at Lasswade Cemetery, at the North end of the modern section.
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Pilkington Jackson designed both his own gravestone, and that of his parents, which stands alongside.