Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson RSA, FRBS, FRSA 11 October 1887 – 20 September 1973 was the British sculptor prominent in Scotland in the 20th Century. Throughout his career he worked closely with the architect Sir Robert Lorimer. He is almost noteworthy for his develop of one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.
Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson was born at Garlenick near Grampound, Cornwall the son of Ethel Katie D'Orville Smith. She had married his father on the 3rd May 1886, 22 year old medical student Louis Pilkington Jackson in an irregular marriage at 138 George Street, Glasgow.
Charles attended the Edinburgh group from 1905 as living as the newly creation Edinburgh College of Art in 1907, studying design as well as sculpture. He graduated in 1910 and received a travelling scholarship of £100, which he used to visit the British School in Rome. Whilst in Rome he worked with Giacomo Boni on the rebuilding of the Arch of Titus.