Tour Scotland Video Robert Riddoch Glen Window St Michael's Parish Church Linlithgow

Tour Scotland video of the Robert Riddoch Glen memorial stained glass window in St Katherine's Aisle on ancestry visit to St Michael's Parish Church in Linlithgow, Scotland. This window is the most westerly in the Chancel south aisle and was made by Cottier & Co, of London, England. It is a memorial to Mr Robert Riddoch Glen, senior partner of the firm of Messrs. Glen & Henderson, and to Jane Glen who died in 1889 and 1894 respectively. The 3 lights depict the conversation of the women visiting Christ's tomb with the angel of the Resurrection. In the tracery there is a flaming sun and two angels carrying a quotation from Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 54 to 55 : " O' death, where is thy sting ? O' grave, where is thy victory ? " (This quotation may be behind some of Shakespeare's imagery and it was also used in Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.) Six smaller panels show symbols of God and Christ: The upper three an 'entwined ihs', a crown and a 'chi-rho' - the lower three a for alpha, the Lamb of God, and omega.

This interesting and ancient Scottish surname is locational. It originates from The lands of Riddoch near Comrie in Perthshire. The first recorded bearer of the name was a member of the family who purchased the lands and then subsequently adopted the locality as their surname.

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