Buildings, Castles & Monuments

Notable People From Irvine

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  • Martin Boyd – Inventor of the Automatic Tide Signalling Apparatus
  • Lord David Boyle – Solicitor General for Scotland & Lord Justice General. From Irvine.

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  • Henry Eckford – Shipbuilder, naval architect, politician and businessman from Irvine.

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  • John Galt – Irvine-born author and entrepreneur who founded the town of Guelph in Canada.
  • Bryce Gilliland – Irvine-born sailor who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

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  • Sisters of Sinai – Margaret and Agnes Smith, two sisters from Irvine who learned multiple languages and travelled throughout the Middle East and North Africa. They discovered and translated the earliest known version of the Syriac version of the Gospels.
  • John Smith – Irvine-born miner who joined the International Brigade in 1937 and died fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
  • James Steedman – Irvine inventor who designed a working design for the screw propeller.

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  • Ross Tollerton – Irvine-born Victoria Cross recipient who earned the medal at the Battle of the Aisne.

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  • Patrick Warner – Preacher from Musselburgh who became minister of Irvine Old Parish Church.