JOHN ANDERSON
148, later, 165, High Street, Elgin
Born c.1858 at Elgin, John Anderson served his apprenticeship under James Anderson (see above post). Following the completion of his term of apprenticeship, he worked for a period of time in London, no doubt to gain experience. Upon his return to Elgin in 1885, he opened his business at 148, High Street. Two years later, in 1887, he took over the business of the deceased jeweller, James Thompson Mackay, at 165, High Street, and relocated to those premises.
He went into partnership with his brother, Frank, in 1897.
John Anderson died in September 1908.
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JOHN AND FRANK ANDERSON
165, High Street, Elgin
In 1897, John Anderson entered into partnership with his younger brother, Frank. Although John died in 1908, the business was continued under the pair's name until 1935 when Frank sold out to Murdo MacDonald Stewart.
Frank Anderson died at Elgin, in March 1951.
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165, High Street, Elgin
In 1897, John Anderson entered into partnership with his younger brother, Frank. Although John died in 1908, the business was continued under the pair's name until 1935 when Frank sold out to Murdo MacDonald Stewart.
Frank Anderson died at Elgin, in March 1951.
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R.C. REID
Lockerbie
Mr. R.C. Reid, watchmaker and jeweller, Lockerbie, has died at the age of seventy-two. He was a native of Newmains, Lanarkshire, and took over the business of the late Mr. William Manning in Lockerbie, sixteen years ago.
Source: Industrial Diamond Review - 1940
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Lockerbie
Mr. R.C. Reid, watchmaker and jeweller, Lockerbie, has died at the age of seventy-two. He was a native of Newmains, Lanarkshire, and took over the business of the late Mr. William Manning in Lockerbie, sixteen years ago.
Source: Industrial Diamond Review - 1940
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MARGARET FULTON TWADDLE, aka RUSSELL, aka CORSTORPHINE
191, Argyle Street, Glasgow
A.W. DYKES
Glasgow
A Drug-store Manager's Domestic Vicissitudes. On Friday, September 6, Lord Moncreiff heard parties in a petition presented in the Bill Chamber of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, by Mrs. Margaret Fulton Twaddle, or Russell, now Corstorphine, watch-factor and wholesale jeweller, 191 Argyle Street, Glasgow, residing at Annesfield, Gardenside, Uddingston, wife of John James Corstorphine, manufacturing chemist, residing there, to have him interdicted from managing her jeweller's business, and to grant warrant to messengers at arms and officers of court to eject him from the premises. Mr. Corstorphine was formerly managing director to the Scottish Drug-depot (Limited), and in December, 1900, married the pursuer, a widow with five sons. She was then in partnership with Mr. A. W. Dykes, who retired in May, when she appointed her husband manager of the business at 360l. a year. She says he had no experience whatever of the business and complains that his methods of conducting it were likely to prove disastrous to it. She repeatedly suggested that he should retire, but he insisted on continuing, and she dismissed him, but, notwithstanding, he continued to manage it, and the present petition was in consequence presented. Mr. Corstorphine has replied that it is only under his management and superintendence that he, as his wife's curator and administrator, will permit her to carry on business. He states that he was a confectioner and house-proprietor in Leith, and chairman and managing director of the Scottish Drug-depot at a salary of 300l. a year, and that he gave up his house in Edinburgh and his position there to take the management of complainer's business. He also told the Court about trouble with some of his wife's sons, and ultimately Lord Moncreiff, after hearing counsel, passed the note for the trial of the case, but refused to grant interim interdict.
Source: Chemist & Druggist - 14th September 1901
The A.W. Dykes in the above report may be connected with the firm of Dykes Brothers, who registered two 'A.W.D', and one 'AWD' punches with the Glasgow Assay Office.
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191, Argyle Street, Glasgow
A.W. DYKES
Glasgow
A Drug-store Manager's Domestic Vicissitudes. On Friday, September 6, Lord Moncreiff heard parties in a petition presented in the Bill Chamber of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, by Mrs. Margaret Fulton Twaddle, or Russell, now Corstorphine, watch-factor and wholesale jeweller, 191 Argyle Street, Glasgow, residing at Annesfield, Gardenside, Uddingston, wife of John James Corstorphine, manufacturing chemist, residing there, to have him interdicted from managing her jeweller's business, and to grant warrant to messengers at arms and officers of court to eject him from the premises. Mr. Corstorphine was formerly managing director to the Scottish Drug-depot (Limited), and in December, 1900, married the pursuer, a widow with five sons. She was then in partnership with Mr. A. W. Dykes, who retired in May, when she appointed her husband manager of the business at 360l. a year. She says he had no experience whatever of the business and complains that his methods of conducting it were likely to prove disastrous to it. She repeatedly suggested that he should retire, but he insisted on continuing, and she dismissed him, but, notwithstanding, he continued to manage it, and the present petition was in consequence presented. Mr. Corstorphine has replied that it is only under his management and superintendence that he, as his wife's curator and administrator, will permit her to carry on business. He states that he was a confectioner and house-proprietor in Leith, and chairman and managing director of the Scottish Drug-depot at a salary of 300l. a year, and that he gave up his house in Edinburgh and his position there to take the management of complainer's business. He also told the Court about trouble with some of his wife's sons, and ultimately Lord Moncreiff, after hearing counsel, passed the note for the trial of the case, but refused to grant interim interdict.
Source: Chemist & Druggist - 14th September 1901
The A.W. Dykes in the above report may be connected with the firm of Dykes Brothers, who registered two 'A.W.D', and one 'AWD' punches with the Glasgow Assay Office.
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ALEXANDER RUSSELL
65, Jamaica Street, Glasgow
The death has occurred of Mr. Alexander Russell, jeweller, of 65, Jamaica Street, Glasgow.
Source: Industrial Diamond Review - 1940
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65, Jamaica Street, Glasgow
The death has occurred of Mr. Alexander Russell, jeweller, of 65, Jamaica Street, Glasgow.
Source: Industrial Diamond Review - 1940
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DICK & ROBERTSON
Edinburgh
Bottle tickets by Dick & Robertson:
These particular bottle tickets are thought to be those that were assayed on the 10th March 1800.
The short partnership of William Dick and William Robertson II was thought to have run from 1796 to 1800.
William Robertson II (1771-1823) was the son of the Edinburgh silversmith, Patrick Robertson, and served his apprenticeship under him. He was a Freeman of the Edinburgh Company. He submitted work to the Edinburgh Assay Office both before and after his partnership with William Dick.
William Dick was known to have worked as an unfreeman. Following the break-up of his partnership with William Robertson he later went into partnership with Thomas McPherson, and following the break-up of that partnership he was known to have worked as a journeyman at the firm of William & Patrick Cunningham.
Dick & Robertson were known to have had one apprentice, John Duffus, who was originally bound to Alexander Spence in 1793, and served the first three years of his seven year term with him before being transferred to Dick & Robertson in December 1796 and completing his term with them.
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Edinburgh
Bottle tickets by Dick & Robertson:
These particular bottle tickets are thought to be those that were assayed on the 10th March 1800.
The short partnership of William Dick and William Robertson II was thought to have run from 1796 to 1800.
William Robertson II (1771-1823) was the son of the Edinburgh silversmith, Patrick Robertson, and served his apprenticeship under him. He was a Freeman of the Edinburgh Company. He submitted work to the Edinburgh Assay Office both before and after his partnership with William Dick.
William Dick was known to have worked as an unfreeman. Following the break-up of his partnership with William Robertson he later went into partnership with Thomas McPherson, and following the break-up of that partnership he was known to have worked as a journeyman at the firm of William & Patrick Cunningham.
Dick & Robertson were known to have had one apprentice, John Duffus, who was originally bound to Alexander Spence in 1793, and served the first three years of his seven year term with him before being transferred to Dick & Robertson in December 1796 and completing his term with them.
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JOHN WILKIE
Edinburgh
An example of the work of John Wilkie:
JW - Edinburgh - 1865
King's pattern.
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Edinburgh
An example of the work of John Wilkie:
JW - Edinburgh - 1865
King's pattern.
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FIONA JANE BROWN
Dunblane
An example of the work and mark of Fiona Jane Brown of Dunblane, a tea caddy, assayed at Edinburgh in 1979:
FJB - Edinburgh - 1979
FJB
Fiona Jane Brown entered her mark with the Edinburgh Assay Office on the 28th February 1979
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Dunblane
An example of the work and mark of Fiona Jane Brown of Dunblane, a tea caddy, assayed at Edinburgh in 1979:
FJB - Edinburgh - 1979
FJB
Fiona Jane Brown entered her mark with the Edinburgh Assay Office on the 28th February 1979
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DAVID C. SMITH
95, South Street, St. Andrews
D.C. Smith - St. Andrews - 1881
Town Council Proceedings—The Council met on Thursday the 19th December, the Provost in the chair; members present, 23, . . . . . . . Before proceeding to the ordinary business, Mr. William Smith, on behalf of a committee appointed by the Council in June last, for the purpose of procuring and presenting to the Provost, some token of the Council's gratitude for his services in reference to the mussel scalps, stated to the Council, for the information of those who had become members since the committee was appointed, the reasons which had induced the Council to form the resolution of expressing their gratitude to the Provost for what he had done for the city in improving the mussel scalps. Mr. Smith also produced the committee‘s report, which stated that they had executed the trust reposed in them, and that they were now ready with the present to be delivered, and they begged that this might be done by their convener. The Council approved of the report and intended present, which was in the appropriate form of a large mussel, mounted in silver, in the form of a snuff-box, with the following inscription :—“Presented by the Town Council of the city of St. Andrews, to Major H. L. Playfair, Provost of the city, as a small mark of their gratitude for his great assiduity in protecting and bringing to perfection the mussel scalps, and thereby greatly increasing their value and importance, 1850." The testimonial was then presented to the Provost by Mr. Smith, accompanied by an appropriate address, and with a renewed expression of the Council's gratitude for the judicious regulations in regard to the supply of mussels now delivered to the fishermen, and the moral reformation resulting from an abandonment of the old habit of the women carrying the mussels to town; as also of the great increase of quantity which the scalps now yield, and consequent increase of the annual income.
The Provost replied as follows :—
“Gentlemen, when on a recent occasion you were pleased to record your approval of my services in the mussel department, you did me more honour than I expected. I felt grateful that my endeavours to increase our revenue were so appreciated. It seldom occurs that an unanimous vote of thanks is awarded to any individual for the performance of duties which benefit the city. The pride and pleasure I felt on that occasion, I trust, may stimulate others to merit such a mark of your favour. You had done all you could to inspire me with fresh zeal in continuing the system I had established, but your kindly feeling appears to have no limit; for another more substantial, beautiful, and most appropriate testimonial has now been presented to me, accompanied by such flattering expressions of your approval of my conduct that I really know not how to thank you in adequate terms, nor do I feel that I have deserved such commendation. I receive this handsome gift with the deepest and most heartfelt gratitude, and will ever retain it in my family as a proud testimonial, that the Town Council of St. Andrews knew how to reward the citizens when their conduct met with their approbation."
The testimonial was furnished, we understand, by Mr. David Smith, jeweller, St. Andrews.
Source: Fifeshire Journal - 1850
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95, South Street, St. Andrews
D.C. Smith - St. Andrews - 1881
Town Council Proceedings—The Council met on Thursday the 19th December, the Provost in the chair; members present, 23, . . . . . . . Before proceeding to the ordinary business, Mr. William Smith, on behalf of a committee appointed by the Council in June last, for the purpose of procuring and presenting to the Provost, some token of the Council's gratitude for his services in reference to the mussel scalps, stated to the Council, for the information of those who had become members since the committee was appointed, the reasons which had induced the Council to form the resolution of expressing their gratitude to the Provost for what he had done for the city in improving the mussel scalps. Mr. Smith also produced the committee‘s report, which stated that they had executed the trust reposed in them, and that they were now ready with the present to be delivered, and they begged that this might be done by their convener. The Council approved of the report and intended present, which was in the appropriate form of a large mussel, mounted in silver, in the form of a snuff-box, with the following inscription :—“Presented by the Town Council of the city of St. Andrews, to Major H. L. Playfair, Provost of the city, as a small mark of their gratitude for his great assiduity in protecting and bringing to perfection the mussel scalps, and thereby greatly increasing their value and importance, 1850." The testimonial was then presented to the Provost by Mr. Smith, accompanied by an appropriate address, and with a renewed expression of the Council's gratitude for the judicious regulations in regard to the supply of mussels now delivered to the fishermen, and the moral reformation resulting from an abandonment of the old habit of the women carrying the mussels to town; as also of the great increase of quantity which the scalps now yield, and consequent increase of the annual income.
The Provost replied as follows :—
“Gentlemen, when on a recent occasion you were pleased to record your approval of my services in the mussel department, you did me more honour than I expected. I felt grateful that my endeavours to increase our revenue were so appreciated. It seldom occurs that an unanimous vote of thanks is awarded to any individual for the performance of duties which benefit the city. The pride and pleasure I felt on that occasion, I trust, may stimulate others to merit such a mark of your favour. You had done all you could to inspire me with fresh zeal in continuing the system I had established, but your kindly feeling appears to have no limit; for another more substantial, beautiful, and most appropriate testimonial has now been presented to me, accompanied by such flattering expressions of your approval of my conduct that I really know not how to thank you in adequate terms, nor do I feel that I have deserved such commendation. I receive this handsome gift with the deepest and most heartfelt gratitude, and will ever retain it in my family as a proud testimonial, that the Town Council of St. Andrews knew how to reward the citizens when their conduct met with their approbation."
The testimonial was furnished, we understand, by Mr. David Smith, jeweller, St. Andrews.
Source: Fifeshire Journal - 1850
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WILLIAM ORR STEVENS
28, Buchanan Street, later, 147, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Wm. Orr Stevens - Glasgow - 1861
Notice is hereby given that William Orr Stevens, Jeweller, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, has presented a Petition to the Commissary of Lanarkshire praying to be decerned Executor-Dative qua Creditor to the Late ROBERT ALEXANDER, Grain Merchant, Oswald Street, Glasgow.
J. NAISMITH, Agent.
81, St Vincent Street,
Glasgow, July 14, 1864.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 15th July 1864
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28, Buchanan Street, later, 147, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Wm. Orr Stevens - Glasgow - 1861
Notice is hereby given that William Orr Stevens, Jeweller, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, has presented a Petition to the Commissary of Lanarkshire praying to be decerned Executor-Dative qua Creditor to the Late ROBERT ALEXANDER, Grain Merchant, Oswald Street, Glasgow.
J. NAISMITH, Agent.
81, St Vincent Street,
Glasgow, July 14, 1864.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 15th July 1864
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E. LENNIE
46, Princes Street, Edinburgh
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1859
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1860
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1861
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1861
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1871
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1876
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1880
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1890
Established c.1840
Joseph Campbell Lennie, Optician, Princes Street, Edinburgh is perhaps to be identified with this business.
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46, Princes Street, Edinburgh
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1859
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1860
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1861
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1861
E. Lennie - Edinburgh - 1871
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1876
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1880
Lennie - Edinburgh - 1890
Established c.1840
Joseph Campbell Lennie, Optician, Princes Street, Edinburgh is perhaps to be identified with this business.
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ALISON JEAN MURRAY (A&R Murray [Edinburgh] Limited)
Glenrothes
An example of the work and mark of Alison Murray:
AM - Edinburgh - 1977 - Silver jubilee mark
Thought to be working since 1970.
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Glenrothes
An example of the work and mark of Alison Murray:
AM - Edinburgh - 1977 - Silver jubilee mark
Thought to be working since 1970.
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KNOX, SAMUEL, & DICKSON
13,15,17, Hanover Street, Edinburgh
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1859
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1861
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1871
Thomas Knox
By the Hon. Lord Shand
Mr Thomas Knox was born at Greenlaw in Berwickshire in 1818. At an early age he left his father's house and came to Edinburgh, where he was apprenticed as a draper. Soon after having completed his apprenticeship he went to Dundee, where he remained for some time as an assistant in an extensive warehouse. It was there he gave evidence of that public spirit which was so conspicuous through life, and where the foundation of that career of usefulness for which he was distinguished was laid. At that time the hours of shopmen were excessive, and impressed with the evils of this, he, in union with others, inaugurated the movement for shorter hours. It was at a meeting of young men that Mr Knox set himself to expose the bad effects of protracted hours of labour, and to point out the importance of intellectual improvement of the class interested. Before he left Dundee his gifts as a public speaker attracted attention, while his aspirations after mental culture and social reform secured for him the position of a trusted leader among the young men with whom he associated. After a few years spent in Dundee, he returned to Edinburgh, and ultimately commenced business as a partner in the well-known firm of Knox, Samuel & Dickson. Mr Knox was a man of remarkable strength, both mentally and physically, and there were few public men better known or more generally respected among his fellow citizens. His appearance was commanding; he had fine features, an open frank countenance, a high forehead and dark expressive eyes which gave an impression of intense earnestness to all who met him. He was distinguished by a breadth of thought and enthusiastic attachment to every movement that aimed at the moral, educational, and social elevation of the people, and he was attracted to almost every platform which sought to correct public abuses or lend a helping hand to the struggling and helpless. There was at the same time a geniality of feeling and kindliness of disposition, stirred by generous impulses, which secured for him a hearty welcome among all classes. As a politician he belonged to the advanced Liberal or Radical section of reformers, but he was at the same time tolerant of the opinions of those who differed from him, whether Whigs or Conservatives. As a sanitary reformer he was a fellow-worker with Dr Begg, Dr Guthrie, Dr James Cowan, and latterly with Dr William Chambers, who found in him a hearty coadjutor in carrying out the grand scheme for the improvement of the city, by substituting open well-aired streets for ill-ventilated and confined lanes and closes. In order to the enterprise for that object being carried out, a large amount of preliminary education was necessary to prepare the public mind. With one or two other social reformers, Mr Knox explored the slums and dark places of the city by day and night, and by the use of his pen he laid bare the true state of matters, by which the citizens were taken by surprise. The exposure which he thus made, by speeches and pamphlets, and through the columns of the press, were the necessary precursors of the City Improvement Act. It was the explorations carried on by him and others among the masses crowded in the lowest localities of the city which also paved the way for the formation of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor,—an association which has for a number of years been the means of relieving great distress amongst the deserving poor. The old town was divided into districts, and the sad truth ascertained, by personal visitation, regarding the depth of misery and immorality in the city slums. The result of their labours was to produce a series of pointed and striking articles in the daily press, and also a report of the most melancholy and startling character, and as previously stated these were followed by the formation of the above Association. No sooner had the Improvement Act become operative than Mr Knox cast about for other fields of philanthropic effort. His free winter dinners for the street Arabs of the city, which have gladdened many a half-starved child, and his warm and enthusiastic interest in the Edinburgh Industrial Brigade and the Mars Training Ship as schools for discipline and moral and industrial education, for several years engaged very much of his attention.
As a temperance reformer he was well known throughout Scotland, and the practical results of his labours are to bo seen in several clauses of the Forbes Mackenzie and the Public House Amendment Acts. His fearlessness and utter disregard of personal consequences in the proclamation of the truth and exposure of local abuses brought him enemies and detractors amongst those whose personal interests were affected; but, besides the approval of a good conscience, he never failed to secure the trust and confidence of his fellow-citizens, who recognised the noble and generous motives which inspired him.
In his latter years the influence of Mr Knox was powerfully felt in the educational world. The interest and labour which he manifested, in conjunction with the late Mr James Duncan and Lord Provost Boyd, while each in their time were Master of the Merchant Company, were largely instrumental in moulding the educational system as realised in the Merchant Company Schools, which have proved so successful. Again, so far back as about twenty years ago, he inaugurated an agitation by delivering speeches and publishing pamphlets on the necessity for the introduction of temperance teaching into school books. This proposal was at first treated as too Utopian to be seriously entertained; but before he died he was privileged to see Dr Benjamin Eichardson's Temperance Manual largely introduced into many of the public schools, while temperance lessons were being introduced into the school books published by Messrs W. & R. Chambers, Collins & Son, Nelson & Sons, and other noted publishers.
The institution which had the benefit of a large share of Mr Knox's interest and effort during the last few years of his life was the Watt Institute and School of Arts, the earliest of the Mechanics Institutes founded in the United Kingdom. He was appointed Hon. Treasurer in November 1876, and since that time a complete revolution has been effected in the interesting history of the School. The time and labour which he gave in supporting and co-operating with Lord Shand, the President of this People's College, in efforts to extend the usefulness of the school amongst the industrial classes it would be difficult to overestimate: the result was an accession of students in increasing numbers in a degree perhaps unprecedented in the history of any educational institution. Having regard to the general interest taken in the School at the present time by all sections of the citizens, it may be mentioned that the number of students in 1875-76 was 1098; in 1876-77, 1404; 1877-78, 1977; 1878-79, 2185; and 1879-80, 2375. Thus in four years the increase was 1280. In that short period the attendance was more than double, and nothing tended to this result more powerfully than Mr Knox's constant attendance at the classes in the evening when his business labours were over, and his kind words of encouragement to the students. It is an interesting fact that the last few hours of Mr Knox's life were devoted by him to this institution. Before retiring to rest on the night of his death, he wrote out the draft of the Annual Report, in which he made an earnest appeal that the directors might be supported in their endeavours, by means of a union with the Heriot Trust, not only to maintain the School in a state of efficiency, but to extend it greatly, so as that it should become a People's College for Technical Education, really worthy of the nation and the metropolis. He died on the 4th of December 1879, in the 61st year of his age, having devoted the best part of his life in earnest endeavours to promote the welfare of others.
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1882
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13,15,17, Hanover Street, Edinburgh
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1859
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1861
Knox, Samuel, & Dickson - Edinburgh - 1871
Thomas Knox
By the Hon. Lord Shand
Mr Thomas Knox was born at Greenlaw in Berwickshire in 1818. At an early age he left his father's house and came to Edinburgh, where he was apprenticed as a draper. Soon after having completed his apprenticeship he went to Dundee, where he remained for some time as an assistant in an extensive warehouse. It was there he gave evidence of that public spirit which was so conspicuous through life, and where the foundation of that career of usefulness for which he was distinguished was laid. At that time the hours of shopmen were excessive, and impressed with the evils of this, he, in union with others, inaugurated the movement for shorter hours. It was at a meeting of young men that Mr Knox set himself to expose the bad effects of protracted hours of labour, and to point out the importance of intellectual improvement of the class interested. Before he left Dundee his gifts as a public speaker attracted attention, while his aspirations after mental culture and social reform secured for him the position of a trusted leader among the young men with whom he associated. After a few years spent in Dundee, he returned to Edinburgh, and ultimately commenced business as a partner in the well-known firm of Knox, Samuel & Dickson. Mr Knox was a man of remarkable strength, both mentally and physically, and there were few public men better known or more generally respected among his fellow citizens. His appearance was commanding; he had fine features, an open frank countenance, a high forehead and dark expressive eyes which gave an impression of intense earnestness to all who met him. He was distinguished by a breadth of thought and enthusiastic attachment to every movement that aimed at the moral, educational, and social elevation of the people, and he was attracted to almost every platform which sought to correct public abuses or lend a helping hand to the struggling and helpless. There was at the same time a geniality of feeling and kindliness of disposition, stirred by generous impulses, which secured for him a hearty welcome among all classes. As a politician he belonged to the advanced Liberal or Radical section of reformers, but he was at the same time tolerant of the opinions of those who differed from him, whether Whigs or Conservatives. As a sanitary reformer he was a fellow-worker with Dr Begg, Dr Guthrie, Dr James Cowan, and latterly with Dr William Chambers, who found in him a hearty coadjutor in carrying out the grand scheme for the improvement of the city, by substituting open well-aired streets for ill-ventilated and confined lanes and closes. In order to the enterprise for that object being carried out, a large amount of preliminary education was necessary to prepare the public mind. With one or two other social reformers, Mr Knox explored the slums and dark places of the city by day and night, and by the use of his pen he laid bare the true state of matters, by which the citizens were taken by surprise. The exposure which he thus made, by speeches and pamphlets, and through the columns of the press, were the necessary precursors of the City Improvement Act. It was the explorations carried on by him and others among the masses crowded in the lowest localities of the city which also paved the way for the formation of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor,—an association which has for a number of years been the means of relieving great distress amongst the deserving poor. The old town was divided into districts, and the sad truth ascertained, by personal visitation, regarding the depth of misery and immorality in the city slums. The result of their labours was to produce a series of pointed and striking articles in the daily press, and also a report of the most melancholy and startling character, and as previously stated these were followed by the formation of the above Association. No sooner had the Improvement Act become operative than Mr Knox cast about for other fields of philanthropic effort. His free winter dinners for the street Arabs of the city, which have gladdened many a half-starved child, and his warm and enthusiastic interest in the Edinburgh Industrial Brigade and the Mars Training Ship as schools for discipline and moral and industrial education, for several years engaged very much of his attention.
As a temperance reformer he was well known throughout Scotland, and the practical results of his labours are to bo seen in several clauses of the Forbes Mackenzie and the Public House Amendment Acts. His fearlessness and utter disregard of personal consequences in the proclamation of the truth and exposure of local abuses brought him enemies and detractors amongst those whose personal interests were affected; but, besides the approval of a good conscience, he never failed to secure the trust and confidence of his fellow-citizens, who recognised the noble and generous motives which inspired him.
In his latter years the influence of Mr Knox was powerfully felt in the educational world. The interest and labour which he manifested, in conjunction with the late Mr James Duncan and Lord Provost Boyd, while each in their time were Master of the Merchant Company, were largely instrumental in moulding the educational system as realised in the Merchant Company Schools, which have proved so successful. Again, so far back as about twenty years ago, he inaugurated an agitation by delivering speeches and publishing pamphlets on the necessity for the introduction of temperance teaching into school books. This proposal was at first treated as too Utopian to be seriously entertained; but before he died he was privileged to see Dr Benjamin Eichardson's Temperance Manual largely introduced into many of the public schools, while temperance lessons were being introduced into the school books published by Messrs W. & R. Chambers, Collins & Son, Nelson & Sons, and other noted publishers.
The institution which had the benefit of a large share of Mr Knox's interest and effort during the last few years of his life was the Watt Institute and School of Arts, the earliest of the Mechanics Institutes founded in the United Kingdom. He was appointed Hon. Treasurer in November 1876, and since that time a complete revolution has been effected in the interesting history of the School. The time and labour which he gave in supporting and co-operating with Lord Shand, the President of this People's College, in efforts to extend the usefulness of the school amongst the industrial classes it would be difficult to overestimate: the result was an accession of students in increasing numbers in a degree perhaps unprecedented in the history of any educational institution. Having regard to the general interest taken in the School at the present time by all sections of the citizens, it may be mentioned that the number of students in 1875-76 was 1098; in 1876-77, 1404; 1877-78, 1977; 1878-79, 2185; and 1879-80, 2375. Thus in four years the increase was 1280. In that short period the attendance was more than double, and nothing tended to this result more powerfully than Mr Knox's constant attendance at the classes in the evening when his business labours were over, and his kind words of encouragement to the students. It is an interesting fact that the last few hours of Mr Knox's life were devoted by him to this institution. Before retiring to rest on the night of his death, he wrote out the draft of the Annual Report, in which he made an earnest appeal that the directors might be supported in their endeavours, by means of a union with the Heriot Trust, not only to maintain the School in a state of efficiency, but to extend it greatly, so as that it should become a People's College for Technical Education, really worthy of the nation and the metropolis. He died on the 4th of December 1879, in the 61st year of his age, having devoted the best part of his life in earnest endeavours to promote the welfare of others.
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1882
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GEORGE DOUGLAS
Greenock
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of the deceased George Douglas, Watchmaker and Engraver in Greenock. All persons having claims against the estate of the said George Douglas, including all those who have claims in respect of Watches or other articles deposited with him for repair, are hereby required, within one month from this date, to lodge the same, properly vouched, with Messrs. D. Davis and Son, Jewellers, 145, Queen-street, Glasgow; certifying to those who fail to do, that they will be deprived of any share of the estate, and of all claims that they may have against it or the deceased's representatives, as the whole funds realized will, on the expiry of that time, be divided among those Creditors who have proved their claims. All persons indebted to the estate are requested forth with to make payment to James Henry, Feuar, 7, Ann-street, Greenock, who is authorized to uplift and discharge the debts.
Greenock, March 14, 1850.
Source: The London Gazette - 19th March 1850
Perhaps to identified with John Douglas & Son of Greenock (see above post).
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Greenock
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of the deceased George Douglas, Watchmaker and Engraver in Greenock. All persons having claims against the estate of the said George Douglas, including all those who have claims in respect of Watches or other articles deposited with him for repair, are hereby required, within one month from this date, to lodge the same, properly vouched, with Messrs. D. Davis and Son, Jewellers, 145, Queen-street, Glasgow; certifying to those who fail to do, that they will be deprived of any share of the estate, and of all claims that they may have against it or the deceased's representatives, as the whole funds realized will, on the expiry of that time, be divided among those Creditors who have proved their claims. All persons indebted to the estate are requested forth with to make payment to James Henry, Feuar, 7, Ann-street, Greenock, who is authorized to uplift and discharge the debts.
Greenock, March 14, 1850.
Source: The London Gazette - 19th March 1850
Perhaps to identified with John Douglas & Son of Greenock (see above post).
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Re: Scottish Advertisements and Information
WILLIAM DOBBIE
Falkirk
Marriages
30th April 1827
Mr William Dobbie, watchmaker and jeweller, Falkirk, to Isabella, daughter of the late William Mungall, Esq. merchant, Falkirk.
Source: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - August 1827
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Falkirk
Marriages
30th April 1827
Mr William Dobbie, watchmaker and jeweller, Falkirk, to Isabella, daughter of the late William Mungall, Esq. merchant, Falkirk.
Source: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - August 1827
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P. MACFARLANE & SONS
10-11, Argyll Arcade, later, 34, Gordon Street, Glasgow
Peter M'Farlane - Glasgow - 1864
P. Macfarlane & Sons - Glasgow - 1906
Established in 1837.
P Macfarlane & Sons Limited entered their mark 'PMcF&Ss' with the Glasgow Assay Office.
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10-11, Argyll Arcade, later, 34, Gordon Street, Glasgow
Peter M'Farlane - Glasgow - 1864
P. Macfarlane & Sons - Glasgow - 1906
Established in 1837.
P Macfarlane & Sons Limited entered their mark 'PMcF&Ss' with the Glasgow Assay Office.
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THOMAS DRYSDALE
Edinburgh
Marriages
15th June 1827
at Edinburgh, Mr Thos. Drysdale, watchmaker and jeweller, to Christian Margaret, only daughter of J. Smellie, Esq. Quebec.
Source: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - August 1827
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Edinburgh
Marriages
15th June 1827
at Edinburgh, Mr Thos. Drysdale, watchmaker and jeweller, to Christian Margaret, only daughter of J. Smellie, Esq. Quebec.
Source: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - August 1827
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JAMES CARR
5-7, Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen
James Carr - box detail
James Carr - box detail
James Carr - box detail
TRUST DEED FOR CREDITORS
JAMES CARR
I HEREBY give notice that JAMES CARR, who carries on business in the names of the ST. NICHOLAS PROPERTY & INVESTMENT COMPANY, NORTHERN INDUSTRIES AND BELMONT SECURITIES at 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, and who resides at 108 South Anderson Drive, Aberdeen, signed a Trust Deed for behoof of his Creditors in my favour on 11th May 1964.
All Creditors should lodge their claims with me within 14 days of this date and all Debtors are asked to make payment of their debts to me within the same period.
This notice does not refer to the underacted firms in which the said James Carr was a partner:
James Carr, Jewellers, 5/7 Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
Carr Brothers, Manufacturing Jewellers, 1 Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
W. S. Mitchell, Fishmonger, 104 Holburn Street, Aberdeen.
William Hunter, Confectioner, 78 Walker Road, Aberdeen.
Contract Furnishers, 461 Union Street, Aberdeen.
George McTavish, Decorators, 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen.
John Allan, Wholesale Fish Merchant, Broadsea Road, Fraserburgh.
Northern Confectioners, 510 Gt. Northern Road, Aberdeen.
Thomas McLean, Wine Merchant, 8 Gaelic Lane, Aberdeen.
Mini Motors, Driving Instructors, 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen.
STEVEN L. HENDERSON, Chartered Accountant,
11 Golden Square, Aberdeen.
14th May 1964.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 15th May 1964
Established 1881.
James Carr was later (c.1946) in partnership with his brother, George, as Carr Brothers.
The firm were registered with the Edinburgh and Birmingham assay offices.
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5-7, Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen
James Carr - box detail
James Carr - box detail
James Carr - box detail
TRUST DEED FOR CREDITORS
JAMES CARR
I HEREBY give notice that JAMES CARR, who carries on business in the names of the ST. NICHOLAS PROPERTY & INVESTMENT COMPANY, NORTHERN INDUSTRIES AND BELMONT SECURITIES at 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen, and who resides at 108 South Anderson Drive, Aberdeen, signed a Trust Deed for behoof of his Creditors in my favour on 11th May 1964.
All Creditors should lodge their claims with me within 14 days of this date and all Debtors are asked to make payment of their debts to me within the same period.
This notice does not refer to the underacted firms in which the said James Carr was a partner:
James Carr, Jewellers, 5/7 Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
Carr Brothers, Manufacturing Jewellers, 1 Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
W. S. Mitchell, Fishmonger, 104 Holburn Street, Aberdeen.
William Hunter, Confectioner, 78 Walker Road, Aberdeen.
Contract Furnishers, 461 Union Street, Aberdeen.
George McTavish, Decorators, 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen.
John Allan, Wholesale Fish Merchant, Broadsea Road, Fraserburgh.
Northern Confectioners, 510 Gt. Northern Road, Aberdeen.
Thomas McLean, Wine Merchant, 8 Gaelic Lane, Aberdeen.
Mini Motors, Driving Instructors, 13 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen.
STEVEN L. HENDERSON, Chartered Accountant,
11 Golden Square, Aberdeen.
14th May 1964.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 15th May 1964
Established 1881.
James Carr was later (c.1946) in partnership with his brother, George, as Carr Brothers.
The firm were registered with the Edinburgh and Birmingham assay offices.
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LOUIS BLOOMFIELD
Edinburgh and Glasgow
EDINBURGH AND LEITH
SEQUESTRATIONS
Bloomfleld Louis.—And at Glasgow, as L Bloomfield and Co., jeweller, bullion exchanger, &c. 10th June 1864.
Source: The Scotch Commercial List - Seyd & Co. - 1877
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Edinburgh and Glasgow
EDINBURGH AND LEITH
SEQUESTRATIONS
Bloomfleld Louis.—And at Glasgow, as L Bloomfield and Co., jeweller, bullion exchanger, &c. 10th June 1864.
Source: The Scotch Commercial List - Seyd & Co. - 1877
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DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED
1, Alva Street, Edinburgh
DONALD MUNRO JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Liquidation)
NOTICE is hereby given that at a Special General Meeting of Members of the above Company held within 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh on the Thirty-first day of August Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-two the following Special Resolution was duly passed:
" That the Company be put into Liquidation and be wound up forthwith and that Mr James Mundell, F.A.C.C.A. of 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh, be appointed
Liquidator for the purposes of winding up."
DONALD MUNRO, Chairman.
Registered Office—
1 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 4th September 1962
DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Liquidation)
I, JAMES MUNDELL, Certified Accountant, 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh hereby give notice that I have been appointed Liquidator of DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh by the Members of the Company at a Meeting duly convened
and held on 31st August 1962.
JAMES MUNDELL, Liquidator.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 4th September 1962
DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation)
NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 290 of the Companies Act 1948 that a Final General Meeting of the Members of the above Company will be held at 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2, on Monday, 29th October 1962 at 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving from the Liquidator an Account showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanations which may be given by the Liquidator.
JAMES MUNDELL, Liquidator.
27 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2.
25th September 1962.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 28th September 1962
Voluntary Winding-Up
Donald Munro (Jewellers & Goldsmiths) Ltd. Resolved 31st August (members). That the company be wound up voluntarily. J. Mundell, 27, Alva Street, Edinburgh, liquidator.
Source: Jeweller & Metalworker - 1st October 1962
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1, Alva Street, Edinburgh
DONALD MUNRO JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Liquidation)
NOTICE is hereby given that at a Special General Meeting of Members of the above Company held within 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh on the Thirty-first day of August Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-two the following Special Resolution was duly passed:
" That the Company be put into Liquidation and be wound up forthwith and that Mr James Mundell, F.A.C.C.A. of 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh, be appointed
Liquidator for the purposes of winding up."
DONALD MUNRO, Chairman.
Registered Office—
1 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 4th September 1962
DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Liquidation)
I, JAMES MUNDELL, Certified Accountant, 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh hereby give notice that I have been appointed Liquidator of DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh by the Members of the Company at a Meeting duly convened
and held on 31st August 1962.
JAMES MUNDELL, Liquidator.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 4th September 1962
DONALD MUNRO (JEWELLERS AND GOLDSMITHS) LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation)
NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 290 of the Companies Act 1948 that a Final General Meeting of the Members of the above Company will be held at 27 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2, on Monday, 29th October 1962 at 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving from the Liquidator an Account showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanations which may be given by the Liquidator.
JAMES MUNDELL, Liquidator.
27 Alva Street, Edinburgh 2.
25th September 1962.
Source: The Edinburgh Gazette - 28th September 1962
Voluntary Winding-Up
Donald Munro (Jewellers & Goldsmiths) Ltd. Resolved 31st August (members). That the company be wound up voluntarily. J. Mundell, 27, Alva Street, Edinburgh, liquidator.
Source: Jeweller & Metalworker - 1st October 1962
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