Scottish Court of Session Records

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Waddel

Gavin Waddel
Occupation(s): Merchant
James Waddel
Occupation(s): Coast Surveyor
Robert Waddel

Wake

Thomas Wake
Occupation(s): Coalfitter

Walker

A. Walker
Occupation(s): Solicitor
Adam Walker, of Hammersmith
Alexander Walker
Occupation(s): Servant
David Walker
Occupation(s): Convener
George Walker, of Thirlestane
Alias(es): George Walker, of Thirlestone
James Walker
Occupation(s): Merchant, Deacon
John Walker
Occupation(s): Weaver
Dates of Existence: 1717
Meldrum James Walker
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Walker
Occupation(s): Weaver
Wm Walker, W.S.
Occupation(s): Solicitor
Wm. Walker, W.S.

Wallace

Agnes Wallace
Alias(es): Mrs. Agnes Ouchterlony
Alexander Wallace
Occupation(s): Banker
Elizabeth Wallace
George Wallace
Occupation(s): Advocate, Commissary, Author, Poet
Dates of Existence: 1730 to 1805
Hugh Wallace
Occupation(s): Military officer
Dates of Existence: 1761
James Wallace
Occupation(s): Dancing Master
John Wallace
Occupation(s): Dyke Builder
Rev. Robert Wallace
Occupation(s): Minister
Sir Thomas Wallace
Thomas Wallace
Occupation(s): Stone Dyker
William Wallace
Occupation(s): Agent (trade)
William Wallace, of Cairnhill
Occupation(s): Advocate, Heritor, Songwriter
Dates of Existence: 1711 to 1763
William Wallace, of Sauchrie
Alias(es): William Wallace, of Sauchrie
Occupation(s): Advocate, Professor, Sheriff-depute
Dates of Existence: 1786

Wallis

James Wallis
Occupation(s): Soldier
Janet Wallis
Dates of Existence: 1777
Thomas Wallis

Walpole

Richard Walpole
Alias(es): The Honorable Richard Walpole
Occupation(s): Ship Captain, Banker, Minister of Parliament
Dates of Existence: 1728 to 1798
Thomas Walpole
Alias(es): The Honorable Thomas Walpole
Occupation(s): Politician, Merchant, Banker, Land Speculator
Dates of Existence: 1727 to 1803

Walters

Mrs. Walters
Occupation(s): Actress

Warden

Hugh Warden
Occupation(s): Merchant

Wardrob

John Wardrob
Alias(es): John Wardrop
Occupation(s): late Deacon of the Wrights in Glasgow

Wardrop

Daniel Wardrop
Alias(es): Daniel Wardrope
Occupation(s): Mason

Wardrope

Wardrope
Occupation(s): Merchant

Warrander

George Warrander, of Bruntsfield
Occupation(s): Heritor or Proprietor of lands or houses in the parish of St. Cuthbert (West Kirk)

Warrender

H. Warrender, W.S.
Occupation(s): Lawyer

Warroch

James Warroch
Occupation(s): Brewer

Watson

Adam Watson
Occupation(s): Counsellor of the Burgh of Elgin
Alexander Watson
Alexander Watson Jr.
Alexander Watson Sr.
Occupation(s): Landowner
Andrew Watson
David Watson
Occupation(s): Fisherman
Elizabeth Campbell Watson
Elizabeth Watson
George Watson
Grace Watson
Henry Watson
James Watson
James Watson Jr.
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
James Watson Sr.
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1750
Jane Watson
Jean Watson
John Watson, Esq.
John Watson
Occupation(s): Rector
Mary Watson
Patrick Watson
Steuart Watson
Thomas Watson
William Watson

Watson

Agnes Watson
Alias(es): Agnes Morrison, Agnes Taylor

Watt

Mrs. Watt
Alias(es): Mrs. Howell
Occupation(s): Publican
Alexander Watt
Occupation(s): Maltman
Forrester Watt
Occupation(s): Dyer
John Watt
Occupation(s): Smith
Margaret Watt
Alias(es): Margaret Grieve

Wattie

Isabel Wattie

Wauchope

Andrew Wauchope, of Niddrie Marischal

Webster

David Webster
Occupation(s): Merchant
John Webster
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Webster
Occupation(s): Weaver

Wedderburn

Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of Rosslyn
Occupation(s): Lord chancellor
John Wedderburn, of Blackness
Occupation(s): Advocate

Wedderstone

Adam Wedderstone
Occupation(s): Minister

Weir

George Weir
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
George Weir, of Birkwood
Occupation(s): Landowner
Mrs. Helen Weir
Occupation(s): Bleacher
James Weir
Alias(es): James Wier
John Weir
Occupation(s): Wright
William Weir
Occupation(s): Writer

Wells

James Wells

Welsh

Welsh

Wemyss

David Wemyss, Esq., of Wester Lathallan
David Wemyss, of Pitkenny
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1839

West

Daniel West
Occupation(s): Silk-weaver

Westness

Janet Westness
Occupation(s): Servant
Katherine Westness
Occupation(s): Servant

Whiston

Alexander Whiston
Occupation(s): Gardener
Dates of Existence: 1718

White

Bain White
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Gavin White
Alias(es): Gavin Whyte
Occupation(s): Merchant
George White, of Bankhead
Alias(es): George Whyte
George White
Occupation(s): Tenant
Henry White
Occupation(s): Merchant
James White
Alias(es): James Whyte
Occupation(s): Merchant
John White
Occupation(s): Gold/Metal merchant
John White, of Howburn
Occupation(s): Landowner
Robert White, of Fenchurch Buildings
Thomas White
Occupation(s): Merchant
Walter White
Occupation(s): Politician
William White
Occupation(s): Soldier

Whitelaw

John Whitelaw
Alias(es): John Whitlaw
Occupation(s): Apprentice
Dates of Existence: 1763

Whiteside

Philip Whiteside
Occupation(s): Surgeon

Whitlock

John Whitlock
Occupation(s): Merchant

Whyte

W. Whyte
Occupation(s): Agent

Whytt

Robert Whytt
Occupation(s): Advocate

Wight

Alexander Wight
Occupation(s): Advocate, Solicitor-General, Author, Banker
Dates of Existence: 1793
Reverend Doctor William Wight
Occupation(s): Professor of History

Wightman

John Wightman

Wilkie

Alexander Wilkie
Occupation(s): Merchant
George Wilkie
Occupation(s): Merchant

Williamson

Alexander Williamson
Occupation(s): Sheriff officer
David Williamson
Occupation(s): Solicitor
David Williamson
Occupation(s): Advocate
Reverend Doctor James Williamson
Occupation(s): Professor of Mathematics
Walter Williamson
Occupation(s): Register of Forfeitures

Wilson

Mr. Wilson
Occupation(s): Shoemaker
Andrew Wilson
Mrs. Annie Wilson
Dates of Existence: 1823
Charles Wilson
Occupation(s): Surgeon
David Wilson
Occupation(s): Tacksman
James Wilson
Occupation(s): Writer
John Wilson
Occupation(s): Town Clerk
Joseph Wilson
Occupation(s): Convener
Margaret Wilson
Nathan Wilson
Occupation(s): Writer
Thomas Wilson
Occupation(s): Inspector, Inspector of Yarn
William Wilson
Occupation(s): Land-surveyor
William Wilson Sr.
Occupation(s): Candlemaker
William Wilson, Esq., of Soonhope
Occupation(s): Agent, Writer
Dates of Existence: 1776
William Wilson, of Howden
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Dates of Existence: 1710 to 1787

Winder

William Winder

Winterup

Thomas Winterup
Occupation(s): Provost

Wise

William Wise
Occupation(s): Merchant

Wishart

Alexander Wishart
Occupation(s): Weaver

Wither

Robert Wither
Occupation(s): Merchant-taylor

Wlison

Geo. Wlison
Occupation(s): Agent

Wodrow

Rev. Patrick Wodrow
Alias(es): Rev. Patrick Woodrow
Occupation(s): Minister

Wood

Alexander Wood
Andrew Wood
Ann Wood, (Formerly Hunter)
Dates of Existence: 1754
Charlotte Wood
David Wood
Occupation(s): Mariner, Shipmaster
James Wood
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1721 to 1788
John Wood
Occupation(s): Bookseller
Robert Wood
Occupation(s): Merchant
Walter Wood
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Wood
Occupation(s): Merchant
Dates of Existence: 1723
William Wood, Merchant in Ayr
Occupation(s): Merchant

Woodhall

Lord Woodhall
Occupation(s): Judge

Woodman

Esther Woodman
Occupation(s): Actress
Thomas Woodman

Wormeley

John Wormeley
Alias(es): John Wormley
Occupation(s): Student
Dates of Existence: 1761

Wotherspoon

Alexander Wotherspoon
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Thomas Wotherspoon
Occupation(s): Tenant

Wright

Mr. Wright
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Alexander Wright
Occupation(s): Excise officer
Christian Wright
Daniel Wright
Occupation(s): Vintner
John Wright
Occupation(s): Weaver
John Wright Jr.
Occupation(s): Merchant
John Wright, of Easter Glinns
Alias(es): John Wright of Easter-Glins
Murdoch Wright
Robert Wright
Occupation(s): Weaver
Thomas Wright, of Easter Glinns
Alias(es): Thomas Wright, of Easter Glins
William Wright
Occupation(s): Cabinetmaker

Wylie

Andrew Wylie
Occupation(s): Tenant
Hugh Wylie
Occupation(s): Politician
James Wylie
Occupation(s): Manufacturer

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