Scottish Court of Session Records

Alexander Speirs, Esq., of Elderslie

Name:

Alexander Speirs, Esq., of Elderslie

Occupation:

Alias:

Alexander Spiers

Biographical Info:

T.M. Devine, "A Glasgow Tobacco Merchant during the American War of Independence: Alexander Speirs of Elderslie, 1775 to 1781"

Biographical Notes:

A prominent tobacco merchant. Son of John Speirs, merchant in Edinburgh and Isabel, daughter of John Tweedie, Provost of Peebles. Married Mary Buchanan of Auchentorlie 1755. They had ten children

Spiers, Alexander

Connections:

Relationship:

is the father of

Person or Organization:

Peter Speirs, Esq

Dates of Existence:

1714CE to 1782CE

Associated Cases

Peters v. Speirs, and Others (Named in case documents)

Peters, and Others v. Speirs, and Others (Defender)

Arthur v. Hastie (Named in case documents)

Cunninghames v. Dougal (Named in case documents)

Dunlop, and Other Trustees of Carlyle and Co v. Spiers and Others (Defender)

Alexander Spiers and Others v. Thomas Dunlop and Others (Pursuer)

Gibb v. Speirs (Defender)

Thomas Dunlop, and Others v. Walter Monteith and Co., and Others (Named in case documents)

Macredie v. Cunninghames (Named in case documents)

Thomas Dunlop and Others v. Alexander Spiers and Others (Defender)

Associated Locations

Elderslie (2)

Glasgow (6)

The Virginia Mansion (2)