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John Coulter (Lord Provost)
John Coulter (c.1680–1747) was an 18th-century Scottish sugar and tobacco merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1736 to 1738. Life He was the son of James Coulter (d.1708) a prominent Glasgow merchant originally from Dumfriesshire. John Coulter and estates in the West Indies cultivating sugar. The family also had tobacco plantations in Virginia. When Coulter succeeded Andrew Ramsay as Lord Provost in 1736 the population of the city was just under 15,000 people. He owned the estate of Auchinraith near Blantyre, originally called Whistleberry. The house was in the 18th century called The Grove and only later was called Auchinraith House. Aichinraith House was demolished and rebuilt in 1809. He died on 17 November 1747 in Glasgow. Family His sister, Janet Coulter, married Lawrence Dinwiddie. His daughter, Margaret Coulter, died unmarried in 1794. The family estates then passed to Robert Dinwiddie, her cousin. Robert sold it to a distant cousin William Lockha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Glasgow
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ... that exists in the cities of many other countries. The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also: *Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow *a Northern Lighthouse Board, Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses. Each of the 32 Scotland, Scottish Subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elects a Provost (civil), provost, but it is only the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. In terms of historic counties it borders Kirkcudbrightshire to the west, Ayrshire to the north-west, Lanarkshire, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire to the north, and Roxburghshire to the east. To the south is the coast of the Solway Firth, and the English county of Cumberland. Dumfriesshire has three traditional subdivisions, based on the three main valleys in the county: Annandale, Eskdale and Nithsdale. These had been independent provinces in medieval times but were gradually superseded as administrative areas by the area controlled by the sheriff of Dumfries, or Dumfriesshire. A Dumfriesshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975. Since 1975, the area of the historic county has formed part of the Dumfries and Galloway council are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most-populous city, and Fairfax County is the most-populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population was over 8.65million, with 36% of them living in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land acquired from displaced native tribes fueled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Blantyre ( or ; gd, Baile an t-Saoir) is a town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of 16,900. It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east (denoting the boundary with the larger adjoining town of Hamilton) and the Rotten Burn to the south. Blantyre was the birthplace of David Livingstone, the 19th-century explorer and missionary, and because of Livingstone's work, the second-largest city in Malawi is named after it. History The name is probably originally Cumbric ''blaen tir'' "top of the land"Watson, W. (1926) A History of Celtic Place-names of Scotland". Edinburgh which has been Gaelicised.Local and family history: Blantyre and David Livingstone [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Dinwiddie
Lawrence Dinwiddie of Germiston (1696–1764) was an 18th-century Scottish tobacco lord who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1742 to 1744. Dinwiddie Street in the Germiston area of north Glasgow is named in his honour. Life He was born at Germiston House in Glasgow on New Year's Eve 31 December 1696, the son of Robert Dinwiddie and his wife Elizabeth Cumming. His older brother Robert Dinwiddie was Governor of Virginia. His father had built Germiston House in 1690 with monies from his tobacco investments (one of the first Scots in this field). Lawrence was a Virginia tobacco lord, inheriting the business from his father, one of the first Scottish tobacco lords. Lawrence created the firm Dinwiddie Crawford & Company. In 1734 he served as a Bailie under Lord Provost Andrew Ramsay in Glasgow Town Council. He succeeded Andrew Buchanan of Drumpellier as Lord Provost in 1742 and in turn was replaced by Andrew Cochrane in 1744. In 1761, with 25 others, including Andrew Cochr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lockhart (MP)
William Lockhart (1787 – 25 November 1856) was a British Conservative politician. William Lockhart was born in 1787 the eldest son of Rev. Dr John Lockhart of the parish of Blackfriars Glasgow and his first wife Elizabeth Dinwoodie.Register of Deaths in Carluke 1856 Lockhart was elected Conservative MP for Lanarkshire at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1856. It was recognized the although he was no great orator the ‘House of Commons did not possess a better man of business, nor one who studied more attentively the interests of his constituents'. Alongside his role as MP, Lockhart was Dean of Faculties at Glasgow University from 1851 to 1853. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire and Colonel Commandant of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Personal life He married on 16 April 1822 at Walcott Bath, Somerset, Mary Jane Palliser (1801–1881), the youngest daughter of Sir Hugh Palliser Bart (1768–1813) and his wife Mary (1758–1723). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotland, as it contains most of Glasgow and the surrounding conurbation. In earlier times it had considerably greater boundaries, including neighbouring Renfrewshire until 1402. Lanarkshire is bounded to the north by the counties of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire (this boundary is split into two sections owing to Dunbartonshire's Cumbernauld exclave), to the northeast by West Lothian and Mid Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the south by Dumfriesshire, and to the west by Ayrshire and Renfrewshire. Administrative history Lanarkshire was historically divided between two administrative areas. In the mid-18th century it was divided again into three wards: the upper, middle and lower wards with their administrative centres at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kay (caricaturist)
John Kay (1742 – 21 February 1826) was a Scottish caricaturist and engraver. Life He was born near Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At 13 he was apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He then went to Edinburgh, where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons. In 1784 he published his first caricature, of Laird Robertson. In 1785, induced by the favour which greeted certain attempts of his to etch in aquafortis, he took down his barber's pole and opened a small print shop in Parliament Close. There he continued to flourish, painting miniatures, and publishing at short intervals his sketches and caricatures of local celebrities and oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title ''A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 Deaths
Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. * March 7 – Juan de Arechederra the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, combines his forces with those of Sultan Azim ud-Din I of Sulu to suppress the rebellion of the Moros in the Visayas. * March 19 – Simon Fraser, the 79-year old Scottish Lord Loyat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1745 against King George II of Great Britain and attempting to place the pretender Charles Edward Stuart on the throne. After a seven day trial of impeachment in the House of Lords and the verdict of guilt, Fraser is sentenced on the same day to be hanged, drawn and quartered; King George alters Fraser's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provosts Of Glasgow
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor that exists in the cities of many other countries. The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also: * Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow *a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses. Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a provost, but it is only the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost, who also serves as the lord-lieutenant for the city. This is codified in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. As of 2017, the role attracts an salary of £41,546, plus an annual expenses budget of £5000. The current Lord Provost of Glasgow, elected in May 2022, is Jacqueline McLaren. The Lord P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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