“Portrait Bust of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1836-1908” by Paul Raphael Montford in the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling

Although a native of Glasgow, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman owed his political career to the voters of Stirling, who first elected him Member of Parliament for the Stirling Burghs in 1868. His grandfather, James Campbell farmed Incharoch, in Menteith, but left the area to set up business as a yarn merchant in Glasgow in 1805. Two of his sons, James (Sir Henry’s father) and William founded the firm of 1 & W Campbell, wholesale drapers and warehousemen in 1817.

Both Sir Henry’s father and his elder brother were staunch Conservatives, serving the party at local and national level respectively, but it was as a Liberal candidate that Sir Henry successfully contested the Stirling Burghs in 1868. Under the terms of the will of a maternal uncle, he assumed the additional name of Bannerman in 1872, and it was as Henry Campbell-Bannerman that he held several important posts, culminating in that of Prime Minister from 1905 until his death in 1908. In 1892, by then Sir Henry, he received the Freedom of Stirling, and one of his generous gifts to the town was the Observatory of the High School of Stirling.

The sculptor of this portrait bust was also an artist. Montford studied at Lambeth and also the Royal Academy Schools. He was appointed to the post of Modelling Master at Chelsea in 1898, and became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1904.

He exhibited at the Glasgow Institute, Royal Academy and the R.B.A.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
Material: Marble
Artist: Paul Raphael Montford (1868-1938)
Date: 1910

Image Details
Date: 29 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.