For the baseball player named Charles McBride, see
Tuts McBride.
Charles McBride (sometimes known as Charles McBryde; 1853 – 17 December 1903) was a Scottish sculptor active in the second half of the 19th century.
Life
McBride was born in Edinburgh in June 1853.
He lived at 8 Hope Street just off
Charlotte Square, facing his stone-yard at 7 Hope Street Lane (now built over).[1]
He died in December 1903.
He is buried in the northern extension of
Dean Cemetery in western
Edinburgh. His grave is on the south side of the north path, towards the centre of the path, in the second row back. It holds a fine bronze head depicting McBride, carved by
Henry Snell Gamley.