88 Years Ago Today. Founder Moses McNeil.
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- Apr 9
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88 Years Ago Today. Founder Moses McNeil.
On the 9th April 1938 our Founder Moses McNeil passed at Townend Hospital Dumbarton, Moses had been visiting a friend in Dumbarton and became unwell, he was the grand age of 83.
Moses was born on the 29th October 1855 at Belmore House which today is part of the Faslane Naval Base, his father John was from Comrie in Perthshire, mother Jane Bain from Downpatrick in Ulster.
He was a natural athlete, powerful and of stocky build, he was also known for his pace. In the Ibrox trophy room today is a cup won by Moses for a half-mile race at the Garelochead Athletic Sports on 1 January 1876, it’s the oldest Trophy that our Club has.
Moses played for the club he helped form for ten years, playing in the 1877 and 1879 Scottish Cup Finals.He was also a member of the first Rangers side to lift a trophy, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1879. Moses was the first Ranger to play for his country when Scotland defeated Wales 4-0 at Hamilton Crescent in Partick in 1876.
He led a nomadic lifestyle mainly due to his 20 year employment with the company Langs whose name was synonymous with that famous brand of whisky, their premises, which Moses worked from was at 70 Union Street in Glasgow. During his time in Glasgow Moses lived at 169 Berkeley Street and 333 Dumbarton Road, these locations are among many that we visit during the Founders Trail.
We have a wonderful newspaper report which details Moses and his friend and team-mate Tom Vallance attending the 1905 Scottish Cup Final as Rangers supporters.
Only 9 months after Moses passed Rangers would set their record attendance at Ibrox Park of 118,000, its a comforting thought that our Founder was sitting in his house at Clynder while the Club that he’d help form and nurture were now one of the biggest in the World.
Moses spent the last few years of his life living with his sister Isabella in Clynder at Craig Cottage, she died in 1935 to be followed by her brother, the last of the siblings in 1938. They lie together with their sister Elizabeth and Isabella’s husband Duncan Gray in the lovely churchyard at Rosneath, but sadly for the man who gave Rangers their name his own wasn’t inscribed on the family headstone. This was because Moses was the last family member in the Rosneath area to pass and no one was left to have his name added.
The late great Sandy Jardine was a supporter of our Founders project and had expressed a wish to have a plaque with Moses name on it placed at the churchyard at Rosneath, this is a project that we completed on Sandy’s behalf on Sunday 28th June 2015. Our Restoration team cleaned Moses stone and placed an engraved plaque which was purchased after funds were raised via the worldwide Rangers support. That event was supported by late Rangers captain Ally Dawson who made the journey on his own from Glasgow, a lovely gesture.
In January we introduced the Great Nephew and Great Great Nephew of Moses McNeil to the cast of the Gallant Pioneers stage show.
Today we remember Founder Moses McNeil.
On Saturday 18th July we’ll be running a coach to Rosneath where among many locations we’ll visit Moses house and his final resting place.
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