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Abercrombie

Alexander Abercrombie
Occupation(s): Solicitor
Alexander Abercrombie, W.S.

Abercromby

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby
Occupation(s): Advocate, Sheriff-depute, Advocate-depute, Judge, Essayist
Dates of Existence: 1745 to 1795
Alexander Abercromby, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1804
George Abercromby, of Tullibody
Occupation(s): Advocate, Professor
Dates of Existence: 1705 to 1800
Lord George Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody
Occupation(s): Advocate, Advocate-depute, Minister of Parliament, Peer
Dates of Existence: 1770 to 1843
Sir Ralph Abercromby, of Tullibody
Occupation(s): Knight of the Bath, Military officer, Minister of Parliament, Heritor
Dates of Existence: 1734 to 1801

Acton

John Acton, Esq.
Occupation(s): Solicitor
Dates of Existence: 1787

Adair

Thomas Adair, of Little Genoch
Alias(es): T. Adair, C.S.
Occupation(s): Agent, Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1749 to 1820

Adam

Adams

Henry Adams

Adamson

Alexander Adamson, of Nethermill

Adie

C Adie, W.S. Agent
Occupation(s): Agent

Aglianby

Mrs. Sarah Aglianby

Agnew

David Agnew, of Ochiltree
Occupation(s): Sheriff-Clerk

Aikenhead

David Aikenhead
Occupation(s): Mason

Aikman

Edward Aikman
Occupation(s): Vintner

Ainslie

A Ainslie, W.S
Occupation(s): Solicitor
John Ainslie
Occupation(s): Surveyor
Margaret Ainslie
Robert Ainslie, of Edingham
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet, Author
Dates of Existence: 1766 to 1838

Aird

John Aird
Occupation(s): Merchant

Aitcheson

John Aitcheson, of Rochsolloch
Alias(es): John Aitchison of Roughsolloch, John Atchison of Rochsolloch
Occupation(s): Landowner, Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1705 to 1780

Aitchison

James Aitchison
Occupation(s): Servant
John Aitchison

Aitken

Andrew Aitken
Occupation(s): Portioner
Archibald Aitken
Occupation(s): Wright
James Aitken
Alias(es): James Aitkine
Jean Aitken
John Aitken
Occupation(s): Shipmaster
Rev. John Aitken
Occupation(s): Minister
Dates of Existence: 1725 to 1816
Laurence Aitken
Margaret Aitken
Mary Aitken
Thomas Aitken
Occupation(s): Wright

Aldie

John Aldie

Alexander

Alexander-John Alexander
Alias(es): John Alexander
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1801
Claud Alexander, of Newton
Occupation(s): Landowner
Dates of Existence: 1724 to 1772
Miss Jean Alexander, of Rosebank
Occupation(s): Landowner
Mrs. Jean Alexander, of Blackhouse
Dates of Existence: 1750
John Alexander
Occupation(s): Writer
Mackenzie Alexander
Occupation(s): Tenant
Mrs. Marianne de la Croix Alexander
Ninian Alexander
Occupation(s): Mason
Robert Alexander, of Boghall and Blackhouse
Occupation(s): Merchant, Politician
Dates of Existence: 1774
William Alexander, of Boghall and Blackhouse
Occupation(s): Banker, Tobacco Trader
Dates of Existence: 1690 to 1761
William Alexander, of Blackhouse
Alias(es): William Alexander of Airdrie
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1729 to 1829

Allan

Mr. Allan
Occupation(s): Merchant
Charles Allan
Occupation(s): Merchant
George Allan
Occupation(s): Deacon
James Allan
Occupation(s): Messenger
Janet Allan
John Allan
Occupation(s): Weaver
Joseph Allan, of Castlebrockat
Alias(es): Joseph Allan, Esq., of St Lawrence Chapel
Occupation(s): Landowner
Richard Allan, younger of Bardowie
Robert Allan
Occupation(s): Insurance Broker
Thomas Allan
Occupation(s): Baker
William Allan
Occupation(s): Merchant

Allen

Margaret Allen

Allison

William Allison
Occupation(s): Messenger

Alves

Andrew Alves, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1760
Lieutenant Basil Alves
Occupation(s): Military officer
James Alves
Occupation(s): Candlemaker
Dr. William Alves

Anderson

Miss Anderson
Alexander Anderson, of Candacraig
Alexander Anderson
Cha. Anderson
Charles Anderson
David Anderson
George Anderson
Occupation(s): Merchant
James Anderson
Occupation(s): Baillie
John Anderson, W.S.
John Anderson
Occupation(s): Portioner
John K. Anderson
Ninian Anderson
Occupation(s): Portioner
Penelope Anderson
Robert Anderson
Occupation(s): Candlemaker
Rose Anderson
Thomas Anderson
W. Anderson
Occupation(s): Agent
William Anderson
Occupation(s): tanner
William Anderson, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Rev. William Anderson
Occupation(s): Minister

Andrew

Geo. Andrew
George Andrew
Occupation(s): Writer
James Andrew
Occupation(s): Merchant
John Andrew
Occupation(s): Shoemaker
Robert Andrew

Angelo-Tremamondo

Francis Angelo-Tremamondo
Occupation(s): Master of the Academy in Edinburgh

Angus

John Angus
Occupation(s): Grocer, Tobacconist
Dates of Existence: 1749
Robert Angus, of Balgonie
Occupation(s): Heritor or Proprietor of lands or houses in the parish of St. Cuthbert (West Kirk)
Walter Angus
Occupation(s): Politician

Anstruther

Sir John Anstruther, of Anstruther, Baronet
Occupation(s): Politician
Robert Anstruther, Esq.
Occupation(s): Military officer
Sir Robert Anstruther, of Balcaskie, 3rd Baronet of Nova Scotia
Occupation(s): Advocate, Principal Clerk to the Bills, Nobleman
Dates of Existence: 1733 to 1818

Arbuthnot

James Arbuthnot
Occupation(s): Merchant
Thomas Arbuthnot
Occupation(s): Merchant

Archdeacon

Archdeacon

Archibald

Archibald
Occupation(s): Merchant
Robert Archibald
Occupation(s): Baker

Armour

Robert Armour
Occupation(s): Merchant

Armstrong

Christopher Armstrong
David Armstrong, of Kirtleton
Occupation(s): Solicitor, Advocate, Sheriff-depute
Dates of Existence: 1813
Edward Armstrong
Occupation(s): Advocate
James Armstrong
John Armstrong, of Crieve
Occupation(s): Landowner
Robert Armstrong
William Armstrong

Arnot

Rev. Robert Arnot
Occupation(s): Minister

Arrot

James Arrot
Occupation(s): Surgeon

Arthur

Charles Arthur
Occupation(s): Merchant
Robert Arthur
Occupation(s): Merchant

Ashe

Sir Thomas Ashe, of Ashfield, Baronet

Atkinson

George Atkinson
Occupation(s): Notary
Richard Atkinson

Auld

John Auld
Occupation(s): Merchant
Robert Auld

Auldjo

John Auldjo
Occupation(s): Politician

Austin

Alexander Austin
John Austin
Stephen Austin
Occupation(s): Bookseller
William Austin
William Austin Jr.

Ayton

James Ayton, of Kippo
Alias(es): James Aytone of Kippo
William Ayton, W.S.
Alias(es): William Aytoun, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Aytoun

Aytoun, Colonel
Occupation(s): Colonel
R. Aytoun, W.S.

Organizations

Type of Organization: Undefined

Type of Organization: Company

Alexander Cuninghame and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Andrew St. Clair and Company
Alias: Andrew Sinclair and Company
Function: Merchants
Bank of England
Function: Bank
Bank of Scotland
Alias: The Old Bank
Function: Bank
Bartlet, Campbell & Co.
Alias: First Alexander Bartlet & Co merchants of London; then Bartlet, Campbell & Bartlet; then William Bartlet, Campbell & Co; then George Campbell & Co merchants of Grenada
Function: Trade
Brown Zuill and Company
Brown, Carrick, and Company
Function: Manufacture
Buchanan, Morison, and Company
Function: Trade
Campbell, Connell, and Co.
Function: Trade
Carron Company
Christopher Armstrong & Son
Function: Soap Boilers
Cliff, Walpole, & Clarke
Alias: Walpole, Clarke, & Co.; Walpole, Clarke and Bourne
Function: Bankers
Cochrane, Murdoch & Co.
Alias: Andrew Cochrane & Co; Cochrane, Cunninghame & Co.
Function: Trade
Dinwiddie, Crawford, and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Donald Smith and Company
Function: Bankers
Dunlop and Ralston
Function: Trade
Dunlop, Houston, & Co. (The Ship Bank)
Alias: Colin Dunlop, Alexander Houston & Company
Function: Trade, Bank
East India Company
Edinburgh Evening Courant
Alias: Edinburgh Courant
Function: Periodical
Francis Garbet and Company
Function: Trade
George Hoar and Company
Function: Cheese Merchants
George Oswald and Company
Function: Merchants
Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising Thames Water in York Buildings
Alias: York Buildings Company
Governors of George Heriot's Hospital
Function: Hospital
Grant, Wood, and Company
Function: Carpet manufacturing
Henry White & Company
Function: Trade
Hewitt and Brockhurst
Function: Trade
Hugh Bell, & Company
James and Robert Donalds & Company
James Wilson and Company
Function: Wollen-Manufacture
John Carlyle and Company
Alias: James White and COmpany
Function: Merchants
John Hamilton, and Company
Alias: William Hamilton, and Company
Function: Trade
John Henrich Schreiber and Company
Function: Merchants
John Muir, and Company
Function: Trade
John Park and Company
Alias: Currie, Park, and Company
Function: Trade
John Richardson and Co.
Function: Merchants
John Sibbald and Company
Function: Trade, Smuggling
John Steven and Company
Function: Merchants
John Walker, & Co.
Function: Trade
Jonathan Radcliff, and Company
Function: Trade
Kinnear and Son
Function: Insurance Brokers
Leith Glass-Work Company
MacWhan, Beck, and Company
Alias: M'Quan, Beck, and Company
Function: Trade
Malcolm Hamilton & Company
Marshall, Hamilton, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Francis King and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Gordon, Hopkirk and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs M'Lean, Moore, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Richard Marshall and Company
Function: Merchants
Morison, Taylor, and Company
Function: Trade
Murdoch, Gillies, and Co.
Old Ayr Bank
Alias: Mess. John Macadam, William Ferguson, and Company
Function: Bank
Patrick Millar and Co.
Function: Merchants
Peach and Henderson
Function: Trade
Robert Cowan and Company
Function: Merchants
Robert Hunter and Company
Function: Merchants
Royal Bank of Scotland
Alias: New Bank of Scotland
Function: Bank
Sibbald and Greig
Function: Trade, Smuggling
Sibbald and Johnston
Function: Trade, Smuggling
Sir George Colebrooke and Company
South Sea Company
Alias: The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing
Function: Public-Private Partnership
Stevenson and Laird
Function: Trade
The Coal-Work of Newton of Ayr
Function: Supplier of coal
The Greenock rope-work
Function: Manufacture
The Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow
Alias: The Merchants' Bank
Function: Bank
Walpole & Ellison
Function: Trade, Banking
Walter Peter and Company
Function: Merchants
William Alexander and Sons
Function: Merchants
William Cuming & Son
Function: Bank
William Cuninghame and Company
Alias: Cunningham, Stewart and Co
Function: Trade, Merchants
William MacCormick and Co.
Function: Trade
Williams, Tebb, and Williams
Function: Trade

Type of Organization: Government Body

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
Function: Military
3rd Regiment of Foot-Guards (Scots Guards)
Alias: Scottish Regiment of Foot Guards
Function: Military
Barons of Exchequer
Board of Trustees for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland
Function: Industry Development
Commissary Court of Hamilton and Campsie
Function: Judicial
Court of Chancery
Alias: Court of Equity
Function: Judicial
Court of the King's Bench
Function: Judicial
Court of the Lord Lyon
Alias: Lyon-court
Function: Judicial
Elsrickle Birly Court
Alias: Elsrighill Birley Court
Function: Judicial
Glasgow Commissary Court
Function: Judicial
Grenada Court of Chancery
Function: Judicial
High Court of Admiralty
Function: Judicial
Justices of the Peace of Lanark County
Function: Judicial
Magistrates and Council of Ayr
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Burntisland
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Cupar
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Dundee
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Glasgow
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates of Aberdeen
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates of Canongate
Magistrates of Irvine
Managers of Gorbals
Function: Administration of public funds
Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts
Function: Judicial
Officers of State
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Function: Judicial
The Magistrates and Town-Council of Edinburgh
The Magistrates of Perth
Function: Burgh administration
The Magistrates of the United Towns of Port-Glasgow and Newark
Function: Burgh administration
Trustees of the Post Road District
Function: Public Works
Trustees of the South Bridge
University of Glasgow
Function: Education
Vice-Admiralty Court of Grenada
Function: Judicial

Type of Organization: Partnership

Anderson and Lothian
Function: Merchants
Armstrong & Son
Function: Candle Making
Buchanans, Hastie, and Company
Function: Merchants
Chalmers, Leslie and Seton
Function: Merchants
Charles Addison and Sons
Alias: Charles Addison & Sons
Function: Merchants - Whaling
Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation
Function: Internal Improvements
Cunninghame Findlay and Company
Alias: Alexander Cunninghame and Company
Function: Tobacco Merchant
Douglas, Heron, and Company
Alias: The Ayr Bank
Function: Bank
Fisher and Bannatyne
Alias: Fisher and Ballantine
Function: Merchants
Fordyce, Grant, and Company
Alias: Fordyce, Malcolm, and Company
Function: Merchants
George Robertson and James Hunter, Merchants in Greenock
Function: Merchants
Gibson and Balfour
Function: Merchants
Hammond, Birket, and Smith
Alias: Hammond, Birkett, and Smith
Function: Merchants
Henry Jackson and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Henry Jackson and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Kerr and Macwhinnie
Function: Merchants
Maxwell, Ritchie, and Company (Thistle Bank)
Alias: Thistle Bank
Merchants House of Glasgow
Function: Guild
Mess. Bland and Company
Function: Trade
Mess. Bogles and Scott
Mess. Cross and Bogle
Function: Merchants
Mess. Dun, Reid, and Company
Function: Merchants
Mess. Dunlop and Montgomery
Function: Merchants
Mess. Edie and Laird
Function: Trade
Mess. Greenshiels and Wardrope
Function: Merchants
Mess. Lennox and M'Whannel
Function: Trade
Mess. Simpson, Baird, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Mansfield, Ramsay, and Co., Bankers in Edinburgh
Alias: Mansfield, Ramsay, and Co.
Function: Bankers
Messrs. Allan and Steuart, Bankers in Edinburgh
Function: Bankers
Messrs. Dunlop and Wilson
Function: Trade
Messrs. Falls
Function: Merchants
Messrs. Lowden and Robb
Function: Trade
Messrs. Maitland and Kerr
Messrs. Mitchell and Blair
Function: Trade
Messrs. Stoner, Hunter, and Kerr
Function: Merchants
Murdoch, Warroch, and Company
Alias: Murdock, Warrock, and Company
Function: Brewers
Roger, Hogg, and Kinloch
Function: Merchants
Sir William Forbes, James Hunter and Co.
Alias: Sir William Forbes and Co.
Thomas and Samuel Leach
Walter Ewing and Company
Function: Trade
Walter Monteith and Company
Function: Tanning
William Duguid and Andrew M’Kenzie, Merchants in Glasgow
Function: Merchants
William Fuller and Son
Function: Bankers
Wright and Lang
Function: Tobacco Merchant

Type of Organization: Trade Association

Berard, Freres et Co.
Function: Merchants
British Fishery Society
Function: Promote Industry
Incorporation of Bakers of Dundee
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Barbers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Baxters in Glasgow
Function: Bakers
Incorporation of Bonnetmakers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Coopers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow
Function: Shoemakers
Incorporation of Fleshers in Glasgow
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Gardeners in Glasgow
Incorporation of Hammermen in Glasgow
Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow
Incorporation of Masons in Glasgow
Incorporation of Skinners in Glasgow
Incorporation of Tailors in Glasgow
Alias: Society of Taylors
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Weavers in Glasgow
Function: Crafts, Weaving
Incorporation of Wrights in Glasgow
James Hunter and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
John Bedford and Son
Function: Merchants
John Coutts and Company
Function: Trade Association
Managers for the Weaver-trade in Brechin
Function: Trade Association
Society of Clerks to the Signet
Society of Fleshers in Dalkeith
Society of Solicitors of the Court of Session

Type of Organization: Religious Organization

Kirk Session of Bonhill
Function: Judicial
Kirk Session of Perth
Function: Judicial
Kirk-Session of Alyth
Kirk-Session of Arbroath
Kirk-Session of Dalmellington
Kirk-Session of Irvine
Kirk-Session of St. Vigean's
Presbytery of Glasgow
Function: Judicial
Presbytery of Paisley
Function: Judicial
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr
Function: Religion