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Rae

Agnes Rae
Colin Rae, of Little Govan
Occupation(s): Landowner
Dates of Existence: 1790
David Rae
Occupation(s): Solicitor
Sir David Rae, Lord Eskgrove, 1st Baronet
Occupation(s): Judge, Advocate, Lord Justice Clerk
Dates of Existence: 1729 to 1804
Janet Rae
John Rae
Occupation(s): Shoemaker
Mary Rae
Robert Rae
Occupation(s): Writer
Robert Rae, of Tannochside
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Rae
Occupation(s): Advocate

Rainsford

Mrs. Rainsford

Raison

Robert Raison
Occupation(s): Bleacher
Dates of Existence: 1741

Ralston

David Ralston
Occupation(s): Merchant
James Ralston
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1737
William Henry Ralston, Captain
Occupation(s): Military officer

Ramage

A. Liston Ramage, W.S.
Occupation(s): Lawyer
Joseph Ramage
Occupation(s): Merchant

Rammage

Joseph Rammage
Alias(es): Joseph Ramage

Ramsay

Andrew Balfour Ramsay, of Whitehill
Alias(es): Andrew Balfour
Occupation(s): Advocate, Commissary, Solicitor of Teinds, Vice Dean of Faculty
Dates of Existence: 1741 to 1814
Elisabeth Ramsay
Alias(es): Elisabeth Park
Dates of Existence: 1780
Henry Ramsay
Occupation(s): Professor of Philosophy
John Ramsay
Occupation(s): Advocate
Peter Ramsay
Robert Ramsay

Ramsay Williamson and Co.

Ramsay Williamson and Co.
Occupation(s): Merchants

Ramsay-Irvine

Sir Alexander Ramsay-Irvine, of Balmain, Baronet
Occupation(s): Merchant

Ranaldson

Ranken

Mrs. Sarah Ranken

Ravenhill

Robert Ravenhill
Occupation(s): Silk-weaver
Timothy Ravenhill
Occupation(s): Silk-weaver
William Ravenhill
Occupation(s): Silk-weaver

Read

Captain John Read
Occupation(s): Shipmaster
John Read
Occupation(s): Secretary

Reddie

James Reddie
Occupation(s): Solicitor

Redpath

Rev. Philip Redpath
Occupation(s): Minister

Reid

Mr. Reid
Occupation(s): Architect
Mr. Reid, Commissioner
Occupation(s): Commissioner
Alexander Reid
Occupation(s): Shoemaker
Andrew Reid
Barbara Reid
Francis Reid
Occupation(s): Politician
George Reid
James Reid
Occupation(s): Farmer
John Reid
Occupation(s): Farmer
Mr. John Reid
Occupation(s): Mason
Mary Reid
Patrick Reid
Occupation(s): Drover
Peter Reid
Occupation(s): Merchant
Robert Reid
Dates of Existence: 1741
Robert Reid, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Rendal

Thomas Rendal, of Breck

Rennie

James Rennie
Occupation(s): Barber
Dates of Existence: 1753
James Rennie Jr.
Occupation(s): Merchant
Robert Rennie, Reverend
Occupation(s): Minister

Renny

Tho. Renny, W.S.

Renton

John Renton, of Chesterbank

Renwick

William Renwick
Occupation(s): Gardener

Reston

Robert Reston
Occupation(s): Clerk
Dates of Existence: 1754

Richardson

Riddel

Mary Riddel

Riddell

Thomas Riddell, W.S., Younger of Camieston
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
William Riddell, W.S., of Camieston
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Riddoch

George Riddoch
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
John Riddoch
Occupation(s): Steward-clerk

Ritchie

David Ritchie, Reverend
Occupation(s): Reverend
Henry Ritchie
Occupation(s): Merchant
James Ritchie, of Craigton and Busbie
Occupation(s): Merchant, Banker, Justice of the Peace
Dates of Existence: 1722 to 1799
Mary Ritchie
Alias(es): Marion Ritchie

Rob

Richard Rob
Alias(es): Richard Robb
Occupation(s): Constable
Dates of Existence: 1738

Robb

Charles Robb
Occupation(s): Tailor
Patrick Robb
Robert Robb
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Robb
Occupation(s): Clerk

Robertson

Alexander Robertson
Arthur Robertson
Occupation(s): Chamberlain
Charles Robertson
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Elizabeth Robertson
Occupation(s): Servant
Dates of Existence: 1758
George Robertson
Occupation(s): Accountant
Hary Robertson
Occupation(s): Merchant
Ja. Robertson, W.S.
James Robertson
Occupation(s): Residenter
Janet Robertson
John Robertson
Occupation(s): Publisher
Martha Robertson
Mary Robertson
Mr. Patrick Robertson
Alias(es): Peter Robertson
Occupation(s): Procurator
Robert Robertson
Occupation(s): Writer
Robert Robertson, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Robert Robertson, of Broombank
Tho. Robertson
Thomas Robertson
Occupation(s): Writer
William Robertson
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Robertson, of Middlefield
Occupation(s): Writer
William Robertson, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
William Robertson, Lord Robertson
Alias(es): Wm. Robertson
Occupation(s): Advocate, Judge
Dates of Existence: 1753 to 1835

Robertson Barclay

James Robertson Barclay, of Keavil, Fifeshire, W.S.
Alias(es): James Robertson-Barclay
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1792

Robertson-Barclay

Mr. Robertson-Barclay

Robinson

Geo. Robinson, W.S
Occupation(s): Agent
James Robinson
Alias(es): James Robison
Occupation(s): Factor, Tobacco Trader
Dates of Existence: 1745

Robson

Andrew Robson
Occupation(s): Flesher, Convener
John Robson
Occupation(s): Tenant
William Robson
Occupation(s): Tenant

Rocheid

Elizabeth Rocheid
James Rocheid, of Inverleith
Sir James Rocheid, of Inverleith, Baronet
Janet Rocheid
Magdalen Rocheid
Alias(es): Magdalen Cathcart
Mary Rocheid

Roebuck

Dr. John Roebuck
Occupation(s): Doctor

Rolland

Ad. Rolland, W.S.
Adam Rolland, of Gask
Occupation(s): Advocate, Banker, Philanthropist
Dates of Existence: 1734 to 1819
John Rolland

Rollo

Margaret Rollo
Alias(es): Margaret Houstoun
Robert Rollo, Esq.

Romanes

Robert Romanes
Occupation(s): Clerk

Ronald

Thomas Ronald

Rorison

William Rorison, of Ardoch

Rose

James Rose
William Rose
Occupation(s): Merchant

Rose-Watson

Peter Rose-Watson, of Coltfield

Ross

Alexander Ross
Occupation(s): Depute Clerk, Accountant
Alexander Ross Jr.
Occupation(s): Merchant
Andrew Ross
Occupation(s): Sheriff, Factor
Cha. Ross
Occupation(s): Advocate
David Ross, Esq. of Inverchasley
Alias(es): David Ross of Innerchaslie
David Ross
Occupation(s): Actor, Theater Manager
Dates of Existence: 1728 to 1790
David Ross, Lord Ankerville, 3rd of Inverchasley
Occupation(s): Advocate, Sheriff-depute, Judge
Dates of Existence: 1727 to 1805
Donald Ross
Occupation(s): Writer, Clerk
Captain Donald Ross
Occupation(s): Shipmaster, Smuggler
Drummond Ross
Occupation(s): Collector of the Customs
Elizabeth Ross
George Ross
Occupation(s): Merchant
George Ross, of Cromarty
Dates of Existence: 1786
Lowthian Ross
Margaret Ross
Mat. Ross
Occupation(s): Solicitor, Advocate
Matthew Ross, of Candie
Occupation(s): Advocate, Assessor, Dean of Faculty
Dates of Existence: 1750 to 1823
Walter Ross, Reverend
Occupation(s): Minister
Walter Ross, W.S.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Rosseter

James Rosseter
Alias(es): James Rossiter, James Rossitter
Occupation(s): Feltmaker
Dates of Existence: 1773

Rowan

Isobel Rowan
Alias(es): Isobel Orr, Isobel Rowen
James Rowan, of Heathery Hall
Alias(es): James Rowen of Heathryhall
Stephen Rowan
Alias(es): Stephen Rowand of Haughhead

Rowand

George Rowand
Occupation(s): Hat maker

Rumbold

Sir Thomas Rumbold

Russel

William Russel
Occupation(s): Weaver

Russell

David Russell
Occupation(s): Merchant
John Russell
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
John Russell, of Roseburne
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1710 to 1796
William Russell, of Ashiestiel
Occupation(s): Colonel

Rutherfoord

James Rutherfoord, W.S.

Rutherford

James Rutherford
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
John Rutherford
Occupation(s): Flesher
Captain John Rutherford, Esq.

Rutherfurd

John Rutherfurd
Alias(es): John Rutherford
Occupation(s): Butcher, Flesher, Convener

Ruthven

John Ruthven
Occupation(s): Officer
Dates of Existence: 1737

Rymer

Primrose Rymer
Occupation(s): Dean of Guild
Walter Rymer
Occupation(s): Inkeeper

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